Dynamics in land cover and its effect on stream flow in the Chemoga watershed, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 445-458

  Bewket, Woldeamlak ^a   Sterk, Geert ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Land cover change; Low flows; Water yield; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

LAND COVER; STREAM FLOW PATTERNS; SURFACE RUNOFF GENERATION; WATER ABSTRACTION;

STREAM FLOW;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LOW FLOW; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW;

AFRICA; BLUE NILE; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NILE RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13244283304     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5542     Document Type: Article

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