Hydrometeorological analysis of the Mara River Basin, Kenya/Tanzania

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Melesse, A M ^a   McClain, M ^a   Abira, M ^b   Mutayoba, W ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lake Victoria South Catchment Management Authority   (Kenya)

^c Ministry of Water and Livestock   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Rainfall frequency; River basins; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANNUAL RAINFALL; DRAINAGE AREA; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAUGING STATIONS; HEAD WATERS; HIGH MOUNTAINS; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE VICTORIA; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOW FLOW; MAXIMUM FLOWS; MINIMUM FLOW; RAINFALL FREQUENCY; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SUBBASINS; TANZANIA; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BALANCE; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLUX; WET SEASON;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORESTRY; RAIN; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79251481519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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