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Mountain Watersheds

Mountain Watersheds is a hydrological system defined as a drainage basin in mountainous terrain where topographic highs channel precipitation and snowmelt through interconnected streams and groundwater flows, distinguished by steep gradients, high erosion rates, and critical contributions to regional water supply.

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Dynamics of the stream‐power river incision model: Implications for height limits of mountain ranges, landscape response timescales, and research needs

K. X. Whipple, Gregory E. Tucker · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1999 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Modelling hydrology and water quality in the pre-alpine/alpine Thur watershed using SWAT

Karim C. Abbaspour, Jing Yang, Ivan Maximov et al. · Journal of Hydrology · 2006 · 2K citations

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Channel-reach morphology in mountain drainage basins

David R. Montgomery, John M. Buffington · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1997 · 1.9K citations

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Topographic distance and watershed lines

Fernand Meyer · Signal Processing · 1994 · 1.4K citations

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Mountains of the world, water towers for humanity: Typology, mapping, and global significance

Daniel Viviroli, Hans H. Dürr, Bruno Messerli et al. · Water Resources Research · 2007 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

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  1. EW
    Ellen Wohl

    Colorado State University, United States

    25 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. MS
    Markus Stoffel

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. JJ
    Jeffrey J. McDonnell

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    18 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. FC
    Francesco Comiti

    Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

    17 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Norman E. Peters

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    15 publications · 1.3K citations

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Institutions

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  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    65 h-index

    297 publications

    25.9K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    57 h-index

    923 publications

    42.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    222 publications

    14.8K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    39 h-index

    289 publications

    11.4K citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    37 h-index

    135 publications

    12.1K citations

  6. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    37 h-index

    120 publications

    13.5K citations

  7. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    36 h-index

    147 publications

    8.7K citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    35 h-index

    130 publications

    12.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Water Resources Research

    155 publications · 18.5K citations

    76

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  2. Journal of Hydrology

    191 publications · 14.5K citations

    65

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  3. Geomorphology

    187 publications · 12.9K citations

    64

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  4. Hydrological Processes

    137 publications · 8.5K citations

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  5. CATENA

    69 publications · 4.5K citations

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