Hydrodynamics of topographically closed lakes in the Ethio-Kenyan Rift: The case of lakes Awassa and Naivasha

Journal of Spatial Hydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-100

  Ayenew, Tenalem ^a   Becht, Robert ^b   van Lieshour, Arno ^b   Gebreegziabher, Yemane ^c   Legesse, Dagnachew ^a   Onyando, Japheth ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Tigray Water Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^d EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Awassa; East African rift; Hydrology; Modeling; Naivasha; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CRATER LAKE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE LEVEL; OUTFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT; LAKE AWASA; LAKE NAIVASHA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34347334380     PISSN: 15304736     EISSN: 15500896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Almendinger, J.A., 1990. Groundwater control of closed-basin lake levels under steady-state conditions. Journal of Hydrology. 112:293-318.
2. Anon, 1984. Lake Naivasha Studies. File WD/4/4/231, 23/10/84. Ministry of Water Development, Nairobi: 4 pp.
3. Ase, L.E., Sembo, K and Syren, P., 1986 Studies of the Lake Naivasha, Kenya, and its drainage area. Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen. Forskningssrapport 63, ISSN 0346-7406. pp 80.
4. Ayenew T., 1998. The hydrogeological system of the Lake District basin. Central Main Ethiopian Rift. PhD Thesis, Free University of Amsterdam. The Netherlands. 259 pp.
5. Ayenew, T., 2001. Numerical groundwater flow modelling of the Central Main Ethiopian Rift lakes basin, SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science 24(2):167-184.
6. Ayenew, T., 2002. Recent changes in the level of Lake Abiyata, central main Ethiopian Rift. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 47(3): 493-503.
7. Ayenew, T., 2003. Environmental isotope-based integrated hydrogeological study of some Ethiopian rift lakes. Journal of radio-analytical and nuclear chemistry. 257 (1): 11-16.
8. Ayenew, T., 2004. Environmental implications of changes in the levels of lakes in the Ethiopian Rift since 1970. Regional environmental changes. 4:192-204.
9. Becht, R., and Harper, D., 2002. Towards an understanding of human impact upon the hydrology of lake Naivasha Hydrobiologia 488:1-12, 2002.
10. Brind, W. and J. Robertson, 1958. The Hydrology of Lake Naivasha. Hydrology Section, Ministry of Works, Nairobi: 9 pp.
11. Chernet, T., 1982. Hydrogeologic map of the lakes region (with memo). Ethiopian Institute of Geological Survey. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
12. Clarke, M. C. G., D. G. Woodhall, D. Allen and G. Darling, 1990. Geological, Volcanic and Hydrological Controls on the Occurrence of Geothermal Activity in the area surrounding Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Ministry of Energy, Nairobi: 138 pp.
13. Crowe, A.S. and Schwartz, F.W., 1981. Simulation of lake watershed systems. I. Description and sensitivity of the model. Journal of Hydrology. 52: 71-105.
14. Crowe, A.S., 1990. Numerical modeling of the groundwater contribution to the hydrological budget of lakes. In: Selected Papers on Hydrogeology. (Simpson, E.S. and Sharp, J.M., eds.). IAH Pub. 1:283-294.
15. Darling, W.G., Berehanu Gizaw, and Arusei, M.K., 1996. Lake-groundwater relationships and fluid-rock interaction in the African rift valley: Isotopic evidence. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 22: 423-431.
16. Dessie, T. and Tessema, Z., 2003. Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology of Awassa Lake Catchment. Geological survey of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.
17. Di Paola, G.M., 1972. The Ethiopian Rift Valley (between 7°00′ and 8°40′ lat North). Bulletin vulcanologique 36: 517-560.
18. FAO, 1984. Agroclimatological data for Africa. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
19. Gaudet, J. and J. M. Melack, 1981. Major ion chemistry in a tropical African lake basin. Freshwat. Biol. 11, 309-333.
20. Gebreegziabher, Y., 2005. Assessment of the Water balance of lake Awassa catchmen, Ethiopia. M.SC thesis, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Enschede, The Netherlands. 92pp.
21. Gebremariam, Z., Westhead, K., and Desta, Z., 2002. Long term changes in chemical features of waters of seven Ethiopian rift-valley lakes. Hydrobiologia 477: 81-91.
22. Geremew Z., 2000. Engineering geological investigation and lake level changes in the Awassa basin. M.Sc thesis. Addis Ababa University, Department of Geology ad Geophysics. 185 pp.
23. Goldson, J., 1993. A Three Phase Environmental Impact Study of Recent Developments around Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha Riparian Owners' Association, Naivasha, December 1993: 109 pp
24. Halcrow, 1989. Master plan for the development of surface water resources in ten Awash basin, vol.6. Ministry of Water Resources, Addis Ababa.
25. Kebede, S., Travi, Y., Alemayehu, T., marc, V., 2006. water balance of lake Tana and its sensitivity to fluctuations in rainfall, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Hydrology. 316 (1-4):233-247.
26. Legesse, D., C. Vallet-Coulomb, and F. Gasse, 2003. Hydrological response of a catchment to climate and land use changes in Tropical Africa: case study South Central Ethiopia. Journal of Hydrology 275:67-85.
27. Legesse, D. Christine Vallet-Coulomb, Francoise Gasse, 2004. Analysis of hydrological response of a tropical terminal lake, Lake Abiyata (Main Ethiopian Rift Valley) to changes in climate and human activities. Hydrological Processes 18:487-504.
28. Makin M.J., Kingham, T.J., Waddams, A.E., Birchall, C.J., Eavis, B.W., 1976. Prospects for irrigation development around lake Ziway, Ethiopia. Land Res. Study. Division, Ministry of Overseas Development, 26. Tolworth, UK. 270 pp.
29. Mmubi, S.G., 1999. Study of Long-term Waterbalance of Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Unpublished M.Sc thesis. ITC, The Netherlands.
30. MoWR, 1999. Ethiopian Water Resources Management Policy. Ministry of Water Resources (DHV). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
31. MoWR, 2002. Water Sector Development Program (2002-2016). Strategic plan document. Ministry of Water resources. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
32. Nabide, 2002. Development of 3-D Conceptual Hydrogeological Model for Lake Naivasha area Based on the Integration of Geology, Hydrochemistry, Isotopic Analysis, and Boundary Conditions. ITC MSc thesis. 132 pp.
33. Nidaw, D., 1996. Hydrogeology of Awassa Area. M Sc thesis. Addis Ababa University, Department of Geology ad Geophysics. 106 pp.
34. Oestergaard, P., 1974. Abstraction of water from Lake Naivasha. Files WRH 206 vol IV/131, 5/4/74: 2 pp and WRH 206 vol. III/132, 28/5/74: 5pp, Ministry of Water Development, Nairobi.
35. Oppong-Boateng, R., 2001. Assessment of Groundwater for Irrigation in the Southern Part of Lake Naivasha, Kenya. M.Sc thesis, International Institute for Aerospace survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede.
36. Richardson, J. L. and A. E. Richardson, 1972. History of an African Rift lake and its climatic implications. Ecol. Mongogr. 42, 499-534.
37. Sikes, H. L., 1936. Notes on the hydrology of Lake Naivasha. Journal of the East African and Uganda Natural History Society, 13, 73-89.
38. Sikes, H. L., 1936. Notes on the hydrology of Lake Naivasha. Journal of the East African and Uganda Natural History Society, 13, 73-89.
39. Street-Perott, F.A., S.P. Harrison, 1985. Lake levels and climatic reconstruction. In: A.D. Hecht (ed.), Paleoclimatic analysis and modelling. New York. John Wiley pp. 291-340.
40. Stuttard, M., J. B. Hayball, G. Narciso, M. Suppo, L. Isavwa and A.Oroda, 1999. Modelling lake level changes: examples from the Eastern Rift Valley, Kenya. In Harper, D. M. and A. Brown (eds.), The Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments. J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester: 337-358.
41. Tailing, J.F. and Tailing, I.B., 1965. The chemical composition of African lake waters. Int. Revue. ges. Hydrobiol. 50:421-463.
42. Telford, R. J., Lamb, H. F. and Mohammed, M. U., 1999. Diatom-derived palaeoconductivity estimates for Lake Awassa, Ethiopia; evidence for pulsed inflows of saline groundwater. J. Paleolimnol. 21, 409-421.
43. Telford, R.J., 2000. Diatom stratigraphies of Lakes Awassa and Tilo, Ethiopia: Holocene records of groundwater variability and climate change. Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Wales. UK
44. Tetley, A. E., 1948. Notes on Lake Naivasha by the Hydraulic Engineer. Directorate of Water Development, Nairobi: 9 pp.
45. Tudorancea, C., Taylor, W.D. (Eds.), 2002. Ethiopian rift lakes. Backhuys Publishers. Leiden, The Netherlands. 289pp.
46. Woldegebriel, G., Aronson, J.L. and Walter, R.C., 1990. Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in central sector of the Main Ethiopian Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (1990):439-458. [B34.022].
47. Wood, R.B. and Talling J.F., 1988. Chemical and Algal relationship in a salinity series of Ethiopian inland waters. Hydrobiologia 158:2967.
48. WWSDE, 2001. The study of lake Awassa level rise. Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State. Water, Mines and Energy Resources Development Bureau. Unpublished report of the Water Works Design and Supervision Enterprise (main report volume II), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 291 pp.