The water resource implications of planned development in the lake Tana catchment, Ethiopia

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 211-221

  Alemayehu, Tadesse ^a   Mccartney, Matthew ^b   Kebede, Seifu ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Lake tana; Water demand; Water level; Water resources development; WEAP model

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; IRRIGATION; LAKE WATER; RAINFALL; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER LEVEL; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

EID: 79960459595     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-011-0023-6     Document Type: Article

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