Water Balance Components for Sustainability Assessment of Groundwater-Dependent Agriculture: Example of the Mendae Plain (Tigray, Ethiopia)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 725-736

  Walraevens, Kristine ^a   Gebreyohannes Tewolde, Tesfamichael ^b   Amare, Kassa ^b   Hussein, Abdelwassie ^b   Berhane, Gebremedhin ^a,b   Baert, Ruben ^a   Ronsse, Silke ^a   Kebede, Samuel ^a   Van Hulle, Laure ^a   Deckers, Jozef ^c   Martens, Kristine ^a   Van Camp, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chloride mass balance; Groundwater recharge; Irrigated agriculture; Rainwater harvesting for infiltration; Soil moisture balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONSERVATION;

CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; MOISTURE BALANCE; RAIN WATER HARVESTING;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; RAINWATER; RECHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 84945454254     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2377     Document Type: Article

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