A GIS-based approach for identifying potential sites for harvesting rainwater in the Western Desert of Iraq
People living in arid and semi-arid areas with highly variable rainfall and unforeseeable periods of droughts or floods are severely affected by water shortages and often have insecure livelihoods. The construction of dams in wadies to harvest rainwater from small watersheds and to induce artificial...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2018-12-01
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| Series: | International Soil and Water Conservation Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209563391830114X |