Estimation of groundwater recharge using a GIS-based distributed water balance model in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1443-1457

  Tilahun, Ketema ^a,b   Merkel, Broder J ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Geographic information systems; Groundwater recharge water budget; Water balance; WetSpass

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; DIRE DAWA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69149103229     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0455-x     Document Type: Article

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