The changing face of the Ethiopian rift lakes and their environs: Call of the time

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-165

  Ayenew, Tenalem ^a   Legesse, Dagnachew ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Ethiopian rift; Lake level; Salinization; Water management

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAKE LEVEL; SALINIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; KENYA; LAKE ABIYATA; LAKE ZIWAY; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 34548304476     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2007.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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