Hydraulic performance evaluation of the Wadi Laba spate irrigation system in Eritrea

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-406

  Mehari, Abraham ^a,b   Depeweg, Herman ^a   Schultz, Bart ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Floodwater; Indigenous water sharing arrangements; Modernization; Performance evaluation; Spate irrigation; Wadi Laba

Indexed keywords

HARNESS;

EID: 27144507848     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.200     Document Type: Article

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