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Hydrology and Fluvial Morphology in Mountains: Those Special Rivers

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Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts

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The Earth's mountains behave as “water towers” [1–3], i.e., as regions receiving large amounts of precipitation compared to lowlands (Chap. 5), to which must be added lower evapotranspiration and the creation of snowpack reserves that delay or prolong periods of high water.

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    José M. García-Ruiz, Teodoro Lasanta, Estela Nadal-Romero & Juan Ignacio López-Moreno

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    José Arnáez

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García-Ruiz, J.M., Arnáez, J., Lasanta, T., Nadal-Romero, E., López-Moreno, J.I. (2024). Hydrology and Fluvial Morphology in Mountains: Those Special Rivers. In: Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts. Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51955-0_9

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