Hydrological characterization of watersheds in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Gebrehiwot, S G ^a,b   Ilstedt, U ^a   Gardenas A I ^a   Bishop, K ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE NILE; ETHIOPIA; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GRAZING LAND; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND RESOURCES; LAND USE TYPE; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; LOW FLOW; MANAGEMENT POLICY; ON FLOW; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SOIL TYPES; US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR;

GEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

LAND RECLAMATION;

CORRELATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SAVANNA; SOIL TYPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATERSHED; WOODLAND;

BLUE NILE BASIN; ETHIOPIA; NILE BASIN;

EID: 78650912394     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-11-2011     Document Type: Article

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