## Abstract Observed rainfall and flow data from the Dongjiang River basin in humid southern China were used to investigate runoff changes during lowโflow and flooding periods and in annual flows over the past 45 years. We first applied the nonโparametric MannโKendall rank statistic method to analy
Re-evaluating the impacts of human activity and environmental change on desertification in the Minqin Oasis, China
โ Scribed by Xiaoyou Zhang; Xunming Wang; Ping Yan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Weight
- 644 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-0495
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