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Hydrology and the management of watersheds

Title
Hydrology and the management of watersheds / Kenneth N. Brooks [and others].
Publication
Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press, 1997.

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Brooks, Kenneth N.
Description
xiii, 502 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Watershed management
  • Watershed management > Economic aspects
  • Watershed management > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-488) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Precipitation and Interception -- 3. Evapotranspiration and Soil Water Storage -- 4. Infiltration, Runoff, and Streamflow -- 5. Groundwater -- 6. Vegetation Management, Water Yield, and Streamflow Pattern -- 7. Surface Erosion and Control of Erosion on Upland Watersheds -- 8. Gully Erosion, Soil Mass Movement, and Sand Dunes -- 9. Sediment Yield, Channel Processes, and Stream Classification -- 10. Water Quality -- 11. Watershed Management and the Multiple-Use Concept -- 12. A Policy Perspective for Watershed Management -- 13. Planning Watershed Management -- 14. Assessing Economic Impacts of Watershed Management -- 15. Snow Hydrology -- 16. Riparian and Wetland Systems -- 17. Watershed Considerations for Engineering Applications -- 18. Water Harvesting -- 19. Hydrologic Methods -- 20. Tools for Watershed Analysis and Research -- App. Standard Conversion Factors from Metric to English Units.
ISBN
0813822874 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
97000319
OCLC
  • 36315782
  • ocm36315782
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries