Sediment yield variability in Northern Ethiopia: A quantitative analysis of its controlling factors

Catena

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-76

  Haregeweyn, Nigussie ^a,b   Poesen, Jean ^b   Nyssen, Jan ^c   Govers, Gerard ^b   Verstraeten, Gert ^b   de Vente, Joris ^b   Deckers, Jozef ^b   Moeyersons, Jan ^d   Haile, Mitiku ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Absolute sediment yield; Area specific sediment yield; Regression model; Reservoir sedimentation; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVEY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

EID: 49649106917     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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