Sediment Yield Variability at Various Spatial Scales and Its Hydrological and Geomorphological Impacts on Dam-catchments in the Ethiopian Highlands

World Geomorphological Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 227-238

  Haregeweyn, Nigussie ^a,b   Tsunekawa, Atsushi ^a   Poesen, Jean ^c   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^d   Nyssen, Jan ^e   Vanmaercke, Matthias ^c   Zenebe, Amanuel ^b   Meshesha, Derege T ^a   Adgo, Enyew ^f  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Blue Nile River; Channel stabilization; Reservoir sedimentation; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962102228     PISSN: 22132090     EISSN: 22132104     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8026-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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