Stable H and O isotope-based investigation of moisture sources and their role in river and groundwater recharge in the NE Carpathian Mountains, East-Central EuropeFootnote^†

† ‘Population on 1 January by age groups and sex–functional urban areas’. Eurostat. (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/data/database).

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