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NATURAL VEGETATION AS A SOURCE OF DIFFUSE SALT WITHIN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN 1
Author(s) -
Malekuti Aliakbar,
Gifford Gerald F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1978.tb02138.x
Subject(s) - hydrology (agriculture) , vegetation (pathology) , drainage basin , rangeland , environmental science , structural basin , plant litter , natural (archaeology) , geology , ecology , ecosystem , geography , geomorphology , agroforestry , medicine , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , cartography , pathology , biology
Foliage and litter leachate from selected natural vegetation in the Price River Basin (within the Upper Colorado River basin) was studied to determine the probable impact of plants on the amount of diffuse salt movement from rangeland watersheds. Calculations using concentrations of various leachates and characteristics of range sites expected to be high salt annual salt load to the Price River. It was therefore concluded that plants are not a significant source of diffuse salt within the Colorado River Basin.