RETRACTED: Temporal Dynamics of Land Use and Water Quality in Three Sub-Catchments of the Rur River, Germany

Sristika Adhikari

IHE-Institute of Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands.

DOI: 10.4236/gep.2020.88004                

Abstract

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Keywords

Agriculture, Catchment, Land Use Change, Season, Urban, Water Quality

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