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Regional geography of West and Northwest Africa: An introduction

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Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa

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This chapter should be cited as: Menz G (2010) Regional geography of West and Northwest Africa: An introduction. In: Speth P, Christoph M, Diekkrüger B (eds) Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53113, Bonn, Germany

    G. Menz

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  1. Inst. Geophysik und Meteorologie, Universität Köln, Kerpener Str. 13, Köln, 50937, Germany

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    Bernd Diekkrüger

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Menz, G. (2010). Regional geography of West and Northwest Africa: An introduction. In: Speth, P., Christoph, M., Diekkrüger, B. (eds) Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12957-5_3

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