Climate variability and impacts on an alluvial aquifer in a semiarid climate, the Logone-Chari plain (south of Lake Chad)

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 295, 2005, Pages 94-100

  Ngounou Ngatcha, Benjamin ^a   Mudry, Jacques ^b   Sigha Nkamdjou, Luc ^c   Njitchoua, Roger ^d   Naah, Emmanuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c Inst Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (Cameroon)

^d Hydrotrace   (France)

^e UNESCO   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Cameroon; Climate variability; Logone Chari plain; Pluviometric deficit; Water table decrease

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; RAIN; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; CAMEROON; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DATA SPATIALIZATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOGONE-CHARI PLAIN; PLUVIOMETRIC DEFICIT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; WATER TABLE DECREASE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUIFER; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER TABLE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

THESPESIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 17444404988     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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