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Original Articles

Evaluating the effect of snow and ice melt in an Alpine headwater catchment and further downstream in the River Rhine

Evaluation de l'effet de la fonte de neige et de glace dans un bassin versant alpin amont et plus à l'aval sur le Rhin

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Pages 981-993 | Received 16 Jan 2010, Accepted 25 Mar 2011, Published online: 09 Sep 2011

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