Mots-clés
Action anthropique ; Capacité de charge ; Charge en solution ; Cyclone ; Ecoulement fluvial ; Fidji ; Fluviatile ; Forêt tropicale ; Ile ; Niveau marin ; Orage ; Savane ; Volcanisme ; Zone intertropicaleCarrying capacity ; Cyclone ; Fiji ; Fluvial processes ; Human impact ; Island ; Rainstorm ; Savanna ; Sea level ; Solution load ; Stream flow ; Tropical rain forest ; Tropical zone ; VolcanismKadavu island, Fidji : fluvial studies of a volcanic island in the humid tropical South Pacific
Auteur :TERRY, J.P.
Description :
This paper examines features of drainage and stream channel form and process on the mountainous volcanic island of Kadavu in the humid tropical South Pacific, and interprets the findings in relation to island environmental characteristics such as geology, regolith soils, topography, vegetation and climate. It is suggested that climatic factors control rates of fluvial processes on kadavu. Streamflow records show particularly that tropical storms can have a big impact. The effects od possible increasing numbers of cyclones in the South Pacific and human vegetation disturbance on Kadavu are considered.
Type de document :
Article de périodique
Source :
Singapore journal of tropical geography, issn : 0129-7619, 1999, vol. 20, n°. 1, p. 86-98, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 21 ref.
Date :
1999
Editeur :
Pays édition : Singapour, Singapore, University of Singapore
Langue :
Anglais
Anglais
Droits :
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