Blue Nile Basin
Evaluation and prediction of land use/land cover changes in the Andassa watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... of Blue Nile basin; Gebremicael et al. (2013) in Blue Nile basin; Temesgen et ...of Blue Nile basin, where the agricultural land increased significantly ...
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LANDHOLDER'S CHOICE TO ADOPT IMPROVED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN THE LOWER BLUE NILE BASIN, ETHIOPIA
... include soil conservation practices, preservation of hydrologic services, rehabilitation of degraded lands through physical and biological measures etc. (World Bank, 2006; Alemayehu et al., 2009; MOA-SLM, 2013). Also ...
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AGRO-ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE KOGA WATERSHED OF THE BLUE NILE BASIN, ETHIOPIA
... The Koga River which is about 46 kms long is a tributary of the Gilgel Abay River in the headwaters of the Blue Nile Basin. The source of the river is the Wezem Mountain located at an altitude of ...
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Soil fertility effect on water productivity of maize in the upper blue nile basin, Ethiopia
... During the main rainy season, soil fertility is the ma- jor yield-limiting factor in the maize based farming sys- tem of the upper part of the Blue Nile basin. Improving soil fertility and the use of ...
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Erosion risk assessment for prioritization of conservation measures in Geleda watershed, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia
... the Blue Nile basin in the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia to measure erosion rates and map out erosion risks for prioritization of conservation ...
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Swat Based Soil Erosion Modeling of Nashe, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... sub basin, which is the study area, is located in the north western part of the Blue Nile basin and upper of Fincha’a ...The basin is characterized by mean maximum and minimum ...
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Seasonal variation of upper Blue Nile basin moisture budget and the global moisture dynamics in the role of spatiotemporal precipitation variability
... Understanding of freshwater availability has an immense importance in assessing socio-economic and environmental impacts of climate and demographic change [1] and ensuring energy and food security for climate adaptation ...
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Analyzing runoff processes through conceptual hydrological modeling in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... a basin is of paramount importance for the effective planning and man- agement of water resources, in particular in data-scarce re- gions such as the Upper Blue ...Upper Blue Nile ...
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Improving SWAT model performance in the upper Blue Nile Basin using meteorological data integration and subcatchment discretization
... upper Blue Nile Basin is related to data ...per Blue Nile Basin (Tekleab et ...the Nile Basin, providing good and meaningful re- sults (Tibebe and Bewket, 2011; ...
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Characteristics and Productivity of Volcanic Rock Aquifers in the Upper Part of Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... the Blue Nile basin with an objective of characterizing the different volcanic rocks aquifers and evaluation of their respective productivity for future sustainable development of groundwater in the ...
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Suitability and scenario modeling to support soil and water conservation interventions in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... In the past the blanket application and ‘ one size fits all ’ approach, and top down implementation of SWC inter- ventions have rarely been successful. The application of such interventions in the Blue Nile ...
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LAND USE/ LAND COVER CHANGE ANALYSIS IN NESHI WATERSHED, SOUTH-EAST BLUE NILE BASIN, ETHIOPIA.
... Currently, the watershed concept has become appropriate approach in the science of studying and managing land resource degradation. Having this concept in mind, this study focused on the land cover change analysis which ...
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Linking soil erosion to on-site financial cost: lessons from watersheds in the Blue Nile basin
... The study was conducted in three watersheds – Dapo, Meja and Mizewa – with two sub-watersheds for the first and three sub-watersheds each for the last two, all in the Blue Nile Basin (Fig. 1). All ...
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Diversity and abundance of fishes in aveya river, blue nile basin, ethiopia
... The Blue Nile basin is the largest basin in ...this basin drain the great central and north-west ...the Blue Nile and its tributary rivers are Mormyridae, Characidae, ...
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Validation of new satellite rainfall products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... Abstract. Accurate measurement of rainfall is vital to an- alyze the spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation at various scales. However, the conventional rain gauge ob- servations in many parts of the world such ...
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Hydrological characterization of watersheds in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia, were hydrologically characterized with data from a study of water and land resources by the US Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) published in ...
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Determinants of smallholder farmers’ decision to adopt adaptation options to climate change and variability in the Muger Sub basin of the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia
... Smallholder farmers’ decisions to adopt adaptation options in response to climate change and variability are influ- enced by socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental factors, indicating that decision patterns can ...
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Low Flow Trends and Frequency Analysis in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
... the Blue Nile Basin, ...the Blue Nile Basin were selected based on the long term data availability and presence of quality of ...
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Modeling the water budget of the Upper Blue Nile basin using the JGrass NewAge model system and satellite data
... Upper Blue Nile basin is one of the most data- scarce regions in developing countries, and hence the hydro- logical information required for informed decision making in water resource management is ...
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Sediment management modelling in the Blue Nile Basin using SWAT model
... The Blue Nile River, which originates from the steep moun- tains of the Ethiopian Plateau, is the major source of sedi- ment loads in the Nile ...the basin and the subsequent sedimentation in ...
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