The importance of mountain-block recharge in semiarid basins: An insight from the High-Atlas, Morocco

Houssne Bouimouass; Sarah Tweed; Vincent Marc; Younes Fakir; Hamza Sahraoui; Marc Leblanc

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130818

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The importance of mountain-block recharge in semiarid basins: An insight from the High-Atlas, Morocco

Houssne Bouimouass Sarah Tweed Vincent Marc

Younes Fakir

Hamza Sahraoui Marc Leblanc

Journal of Hydrology Vol. 631 pp. 130818 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Mar 01, 2024
Vol/Issue: 631
Pages: 130818
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Authors

H

Houssne Bouimouass

Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech Morocco

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Sarah Tweed

UMR G‐eau, IRD Montpellier France

Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech Morocco; CRSA (Center for Remote Sensing Application) Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique Benguerir Morocco

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Houssne Bouimouass, Sarah Tweed, Vincent Marc, et al. (2024). The importance of mountain-block recharge in semiarid basins: An insight from the High-Atlas, Morocco. Journal of Hydrology, 631, 130818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130818

The importance of mountain-block recharge in semiarid basins: An insight from the High-Atlas, Morocco

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