High‐resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management

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  2011

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  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

• Publication date

  2011-11-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/100125
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