Sediment management modelling in the Blue Nile Basin using SWAT model

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 807-818

  Betrie, G D ^a,b   Mohamed, Y A ^a,b,c   Van Griensven, A ^a   Srinivasan, R ^d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Hydraulic Research Station   (Sudan)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BLUE NILE; ETHIOPIA; EXISTING CONDITIONS; MITIGATION METHODS; MODEL RESULTS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; RIVER BASINS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT REDUCTION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SIMULATION RESULT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL EROSION; SUBBASINS; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; SWAT MODEL; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; REFORESTATION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

BLUE NILE [NILE RIVER]; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; NILE RIVER; SUDAN;

EID: 79952479198     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-807-2011     Document Type: Article

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