Rainfall and spring discharge patterns in two small drainage catchments in the western Himalayan Mountains, India

Environmentalist

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-28

  Negi, Girish C S ^a   Joshi, Varun ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

geology; rainfall; spring discharge; spring recharge area; western Himalayan mountains

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

QUERCUS;

EID: 8544226990     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENVR.0000046343.45118.78     Document Type: Article

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