Does the Limpopo River Basin have sufficient water for massive irrigation development in the plains of Mozambique?

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 832-837

  van der Zaag, Pieter ^a,b   Juizo, Dinis ^c   Vilanculos, Agostinho ^d   Bolding, Alex ^e   Uiterweer, Nynke Post ^e  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d Ägencia Regional de Agua Sul Regional Water Agency South   (Mozambique)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Large scale irrigation; Limpopo River Basin; Primary water use; Small scale irrigation

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; DOWNSTREAM USERS; FUTURE TRENDS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATED LANDS; IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT; LARGE-SCALE IRRIGATION; LIMPOPO RIVER BASIN; MODEL SIMULATION; MONITORING NETWORK; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIMARY WATER; RESERVOIR CAPACITY; RIVER BASIN SIMULATION MODEL; RIVER BASINS; SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION; STORAGE CAPACITY; TRANS-BOUNDARY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER USE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR CANE; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BIOFUEL; CLIMATE EFFECT; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SUGAR CANE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

LIMPOPO BASIN; MOZAMBIQUE;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 77957020006     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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