The Volta lake and declining rainfall and streamflows in the Volta river basin

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Gyau Boakye, P ^a   Tumbulto, J W ^a  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric power generation; Reductions in rainfall; Reductions in streamflows; Rise in temperature within basin; Volta lake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001864572     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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