Fifth nile basin development forum programme overview day 1 23 october 2017 15. Identify key drivers for future development scenarios 2. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article. The niger traverses four countries, two of which niger and nigeria are named after it. About 55 participants from the regional states in the blue nile river basin amhara, oromia, and benishangulgumuz and from federal and international level participated. The niger river basin is an extraordinary asset for the nine countries that are within its watershed and for the broader west and central africa region. Genale dawa river basin from mapcarta, the free map. Water resources development is vitally important for enabling. Synopsis of water resources of the ipswich river basin.
However, by analysing 27 years of river discharge, less than 3% of the potential irrigable area or less than 0. Perspectives of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd 2017 global journals inc. Ethiopia has some of the richest water resources in africa, distributed across eight major basins with an exploitable hydropower potential of 45,000 mw. Each country within the basin has unique geographic settings and a wide range of available resources. Integrating geoinformation for the management of river basins in the ethiopian part of the nile basin by wubeshet demeke tefera thesis submitted to the international institute for geoinformation science and earth observation in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in natural resources management. The nile river basin the 6850km long nile is the worlds longest river, and flows from south to north with a catchment basin covering approximately 10% of the african continent exhibit 1. In the okavango river basin, botswanas claims for water to sustain the. Nile basin in an integrated sustainable way was through a close international cooperation between and among all the countries within the natural, geographical and hydrological unit of the river, whereby all interests of upstream and downstream countries are considered. Derive key objectives that drive drb in regional context 4.
The nile basin initiative nbi has been in existence. The awash river basin is one of the 12 major basins of ethiopia. A river basin drains all the land around a major river. Wikimedia commons has media related to rivers of ethiopia. The colorado river basin study was released in december 2012. The area covered is smaller, but wetlands are also important. While this last demand on the resource is of particular importance to the okavango, environmental flows are far nicol 170 171 the dynamics of river basin cooperation table 1 comparison between the nile and okavango rivers river length size basin average annual riparian. The river rises on the high plateau near ginchi town, in the west side of the capital city of addis ababa, ethiopia and flows along the rift valley into the afar triangle, and terminates in the salty lake abbe on the border with. Basins can be divided into water sheds, or areas of land around a smaller river, stream or lake. Subject to section 6 of the interpretation act, the river basins development authori ties act 1979 is hereby repealed and the assets and liabilities of any authority established under the said act are hereby transferred respectively to the authority exercising func. For all things dan river, download the free adventures in the dan river basin by forrest altman 58page pdf file.
Managing shared river basins in the horn of africa. However, this cooperative management of the nile river basin is one of the. The suitability of the dirma river basin in ethiopia for surface irrigation potential development and identification of potentially irrigable sites were the subject of the present study. Agricultural policies, free trade agreements, demographic changes, and shifts in ideologies or societal values can all have a bearing on water use and call for dynamic and adaptive river basin management. The nile basin the term basin refers to the geographical area drained by a river or lake. Pdf documents opened from your browser may not display or print as intended. State of the world 2005 program in water conflict management. Drought analysis in the awash river basin, ethiopia.
Holetta river is one of the rivers found in the upper part of awash basin and facing challenges of runoff variability and scarcity of water availability during the dry season. Us 2 bglobal journal of human social science y ear 201 ater in the blue nile gorge for hydropower generation according to kenawy 20, the issue of the nile water e conflict that was raised between egypt and. Hydrometeorological trends in the gidabo catchment of the. The awash river basin is the most important basin in ethiopia, and covers a total land area of 110,000 km 2 and serves as home to 10. Important cities and locations on these river banks.
The nile basin cooperative framework agreement top of it all, the potential for conflict over water. Egypts nile valley basin irrigation sandra postel excerpted from pillar of sand in striking contrast to the early indus civilization and those of sumer, akkad, babylonia, and assyria in mesopotamia, the great egyptian civilization in the nile river valley has sustained itself for some 5,000 years without interruption. The new river basin pictures animals plants more animals more plants cities pollution concerns positive features main tributaries some of the basin streams north fork river northern watauga county south fork river blowing rock, watauga county new river laurel springs near the. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of ethiopia, and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begin with lake gargori and end with lake abbe on the border with djibouti, some 100 kilometers 60 or 70 miles from the head of the gulf of tadjoura. An introduction to river basins during much of the 20th century the water needs of growing populations were met through. The river has a high saline content even during high flows. Genale dawa river basin is a drainage basin in ethiopia. In egypt and sudan, population is largely concentrated along the course of the river nile, while in the upstream countries it follows the pattern of rainfall distribution. The study was conducted by reclamation in collaboration with the seven basin states and a broad range of stakeholders including tribes, agricultural users, purveyors of municipal and. The awash river basin is one of the 12 river basins of ethiopia which is found between latitudes of 7 53 n and 12 n and longitudes of 37 57 e and 43 25 e 29. Lake tana basin is located at the northwestern side of ethiopia fig. Due to its climate conditions, the basin is frequently affected by droughts and floods causing major problems to mainly downstream communities in somalia. The mekong river basin is a diverse region, in 2007 approximately 70 million people lived across the six countries cdri, 2008. Nitrates and phosphates affect water a lot, and they are found in aquatic environments, because they help maintain a stable metabolism and growth for plants and animals.
The past and the future of flood management in the eastern. The holetta river is the main source of surface water in the study area and it is a perennial river. The blue nile river basin is one of the most sensitiv e. The water resources of the nile basin nile basin initiative. The nile basin exhibits large variations in climate ranging from the tropical climate at the sources of the blue and white nile to the mediterranean climate at the mouth of the nile. Megan cartin, rebecca welling, ganesh pangare and tawatchai rattanasorn the water and nature initiates wani activities in the mekong followed a strategy of mobilizing grassroots engagement of local stakeholders in decision making, while facilitating high. Trend analysis of climatic and hydrological variables in. Ethiopia has 12 river basins and awash river basin is one of them.
Pdf nile river basin modelling for water resources. Assessidentify other relevant development policiesstrategies 3. Download static gk capsule pdf download bank headquarters, taglines. The niger river basin with a length of 4,200 km, the niger river is the third longest river in africa after the nile and the congo river. Yue and wang 2002 indicated that the power of the trend depends on the pre assigned significance level, magnitude of trend, sample size, and the amount of. Mekong river basin food and agriculture organization. Pdf surface water and groundwater resources of ethiopia. This study analyzes drought characteristics in the awash river basin of ethiopia based on meteorological and hydrological variables. Water demand analysis and irrigation requirement for major. Mannkendall mann, 1945, kendall, 1975 rankbased nonparametric statistical tests applied in many hydroclimatological studies, which used for detecting monotonic trends in time series data. The awash river is 1200 km long and the catchment covers an area of 110,000 km 2 28. Dams in the south african part of the incomati river basin reduced and freshwater flows and. Nile basin water resources atlas 5 john rao nyaoro, hsc phd executive director nile basin initiative statement by executive director, nile basin initiative dear esteemed reader, i am most delighted to welcome you to the first nile basin water resources atlas. Mekong river basin international union for conservation.
Over half of this potential is located in the abbay and omo river basins, where the nearlycompleted 6,000 mw grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and the recentlycompleted 1,870 mw gibe iii. Use our river basin app to interact with all 17 river basins in north carolina. Download a pdf of colorado river basin water management by the national research council for free. Certain soil types such as sandy soils are very freedraining, and rainfall on sandy soil is. The nile basin, is an african hydrographic basin, which has its main flow of flow the nile river, being the second largest basin in the continent, besides being effectively the most notable basin in africa. Standardized precipitation index is used for temporal and spatial analyses of meteorological drought and the theory of runs is used to define hydrological drought by considering streamflow as the drought indicator. Keith patrick garrettgost is not necessarily the originator of this data, if you have questions about this data please contact email protected. Swot analysis and challenges of nile basin initiative.
The nile basin, in the context of this report, refers not only to the physical drainage area of the nile with its associated biophysical and ecological elements, but also to the people. The outlet of the abbay river or blue nile from lake tana is located at the city of bahir dar, and approximately 32 km downstream the river plunges over the blue nile falls tiss issat. This paper deals with rainfall runoff modeling of the upper awash river catchment located in the central part of ethiopia. Ethiopia genaledawa river basin integrated resources.
Check out our website to learn more about north carolinas river basins, order free maps and brochures and download activity guides and curricula correlated to. This is a list of streams and rivers in ethiopia, arranged geographically by drainage basin. Report of a nile basin development challenge regional. Ethiopia the tribes of the omo river basin youtube.
Analysis of water use on a large river basin using mike. The river basin area suitability was evaluated based on slope, soil and surface water resource availability using arcgis 10. Africa isolated and primitive tribe hamar hamerethiopia, rituals and ceremonies of the tribe duration. The transboundary river basin profile is a summary of key information that gives an overview of the water resources and water. Indian rivers origin and destination pdf download consists of the list of important rivers in india, their origins, destination, tributaries state wise. The basin contains other unexploited but discovered natural resources such as minerals, petroleum and natural gas. The baro river area, accessibly by land or air through the western ethiopia town of gambela, remains a place of adventure and challenge.
Three rounds of paper presentation sessions will collect the experience of scientists and practitioners on topics ranging from. Rainfall runoff models are mainly used for river flow forecasting for the management of the resource and to minimize the ill effects through early warning measures. Nbi role in facing energy security challenges in the nile. Amazon river basin food and agriculture organization of the. More information about viewing, downloading, and printing report files can be found here. Turbidity is used to check the waters dirt or dirty particles in brackish water. Wani case study mekong river basin 1 water and nature initiative wani c ase study mekong river basin authors. Integrating geoinformation for the management of river. Opportunities and challenges of the growing nile population.
This pdf also covers the other important details like countries and cities through which this rivers flows. The land we live on eventually drains to a river or estuary or lake, and our actions affect water quality. A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common. Compared to river basins such as the gangesbrahmaputrameghna and the indus average population density is generally low in the mekong river basin, around 88 inhabitantskm2. The awash river basin is the most important basin in. Assess basin wide developments trade off and synergies 5.
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