Geoscience Reference
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SUMMARY
FURTHER READING
The water flowing down a river is the end-product
of precipitation after all the other hydrological
processes have been in operation. The sub-processes
of overland flow, throughflow and groundwater flow
are well understood, although it is not easy to
estimate their relative importance for a particular
site, particularly during a storm event. The
measurement of river flow is relatively
straightforward and presents the fewest difficulties
in terms of sampling error, although there are
limitations, particularly during periods of high flow
and floods.
Anderson, M.G. and Burt, T.P. (eds) (1990)
Process
studies in hillslope hydrology
. Wiley, Chichester.
A slightly more modern update on Kirkby (1978).
Kirkby, M.J. (ed.) (1978)
Hillslope hydrology
. J.
Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
A classic text on hillslope processes, particularly
runoff.
Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1992)
Overland
flow: hydraulics and erosion mechanics
. UCL Press,
London.
An advanced edited topic; good detail on arid
regions.
Smith, K. and Ward, R.C. (1998)
Floods: physical
processes and human impacts
. Wiley, Chichester.
A text on flooding.
Wohl, E.E. (2000)
Inland flood hazards: human,
aquatic and riparian communities
. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
A text on flooding with many case studies.
