The nile river basin is shared by eleven countries. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article. Hydrologic impacts of landuse change in the upper gilgel. An opportunity for collaboration and shared benefits in the eastern nile basin an amicus brief to the riparian nations of ethiopia, sudan and egypt from the international, nonpartisan eastern nile working group convened at the massachusetts institute of technology on 14 november 2014. Water crises in the basin have been inducing tensions among the pastoralists. Gilgel abay river is the largest tributary to lake tana basin. Keith patrick garrettgost is not necessarily the originator of this data, if you have questions about this data please contact email protected. However, the nile river basin presents a practical example of some of the challenges of developing a comprehensive transboundary water. It is a dilemma why ethiopia is starving while it has huge amount of surface water and perennial rivers. Annual stream flow variability in the basin ranges up to maximum of 20% 15. The river rises on the high plateau near ginchi town west of addis ababa in ethiopia and flows along the rift valley into the afar triangle, and. Therefore, managing and sharing nile water in an equitable manner is a complex matter, especially with respect to the existing. Adobe designed the portable document format, or pdf, to be a document platform viewable on virtually any modern operating system.
Pdf is a hugely popular format for documents simply because it is independent of the hardware or application used to create that file. If your scanner saves files as pdf portbale document format files, the potential exists to merge the individual files into one doc. A pdf file is a portable document format file, developed by adobe systems. Setegn4 1 stockholm environment institute, stockholm, sweden, 2 stockholm resilience center, stockholm university, stockholm, sweden, 3 center for middle eastern. Maps for the natural and demographic characteristics of the nile. 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 living within the basin and features of their social, cultural. By michelle rae uy 24 january 2020 knowing how to combine pdf files isnt reserved. A total seventeen fish species were africa and the second longest in the world. The total area and the longest flow path towards the outlet of.
Thus, each country has different expectations of a basin wide cooperation mason, 2004. Lake tana basin is located in the northwestern ethiopia. The big and main water resources problem in ethiopia is the uneven spatial and temporal occurrence and distribution. An oversized pdf file can be hard to send through email and may not upload onto certain file managers. Juba river also known as genale dawa river in ethiopia, originates from the ethiopian highlands. White nile contributes 14% e sudan and south sudan. One of the fun things about computers is playing with programs like paint. Integrated management of the blue nile basin in ethiopia.
The ethiopian government is pursuing plans and programs to use the water resource potential of the basin for hydropower and irrigation. Hydrologic impacts of landuse change in the upper gilgel abay. From conflict to cooperation in the nile basin the web site cannot. Integrated hydrological and hydrogeological system.
The interests of the nile basin states in water cooperation mainly rely on their geographical location and economic development ibid. River, covers a drainage area of 176000km2 and contributes more than 50% of the longterm river. Economic analysis of largescale upstream river basin. It appeared that in the past ethiopia was only utilizing the awash river basin for irrigation. Between 8090% of ethiopia s water resources is found in the four river basins namely, abay blue nile, tekeze, baro akobo, and omo gibe in the west and southwestern part of ethiopia. The blue nile originates in the ethiopian highlands from where it flows to sudan, where in khartoum it unites with the white nile and forms the. Between 8090% of ethiopia s water resources is found in the four river basins namely, abay blue nile, tekeze, baro akobo, and omo gibe in the west and southwestern part of ethiopia where the population is no. In a country where agriculture is of paramount importance the omoghibe catchment contains an unexploited land and water resource. The nile basin riparians have different interests and priorities in regard to the nile waters. Revisiting hydrohegemony from a benefitsharing perspective.
Technical documents in hydrodology, unesco, paris, france. The ethiopian ministry of water resources lists the drainage area of the ayesha amongst the twelve major basins in the country, with an area of 2,223 square kilometers, although it lacks any measurable flow references. Read on to find out just how to combine multiple pdf files on macos and windows 10. Ethiopian valleys development studies authority evdsa financing institution. T he nile flows for 6,700 kilometres through ten countries in northeastern africa rwanda, burundi, zairecongo, tanzania, kenya, uganda, eritrea, ethiopia, the sudan, and egypt before reaching the mediterranean, and is the longest international river system in the world see map 1. The marda fault zone, ethiopia, nature, vol 261, no 5561 178.
This article explains what pdfs are, how to open one, all the different ways. How to shrink a pdf file that is too large techwalla. Pdf file or convert a pdf file to docx, jpg, or other file format. Snowy mountains engineering corporation abstract transboundary river basins are under increasing pressure due to population growth. The nile river basin international water management institute. The wabi shebelle river basin in the esrs is one of the 12 major river basins in ethiopia and potentially, is seen as an area where irrigated agriculture can contribute to local and regional economies. Luckily, there are lots of free and paid tools that can compress a pdf file in just a few easy steps. 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.
Tana, the largest lake in ethiopia and the third largest in the nile basin, is located in this basin. Managing shared river basins in the horn of africa. This study of the eastern nile basin is an essential reading for anyone interested in a compre hensive. Upper blue nile river basin and the potential impacts in the basin and to downstream countries. Lake tana is located in a wide depression of ethiopian plateau and is surrounded by high.
How the nile water should be shared is a complex and sensitive question. Its drainage basin is part of the east african rift overview. Awash river basin is among the most utilized basins of ethiopia ayalew, 2009. Assessment of potential suitable surface irrigation area. The nile basin, in the context of this report, refers not. You can use the tools in paint to add something to a different document.
The climate in the blue nile river basin varies greatly between its inception in the highlands of ethiopia and its con. Ayesha river is an intermittent river of eastern ethiopia. Genale dawa iii dam threatens somalias water and food security. Fish species diversity in major river basins of ethiopia. Assessment of potential suitable surface irrigation area in. The dawa river forms part of ethiopia kenya border. The ethiopian ministry of water resources lists the drainage area of the ayesha amongst the twelve major basins in the country, with an area of 2,223 square kilometers, although it lacks any measurable flow. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam responses and way forward. The river spreads across 10 countries with an area of 3. The nile basin 2012 basin boundary the nbi is not an authority on international boundaries. An indication of oil seep from wereilu locality in the northeastern margin of the basin makes the abay basin one of the promising areas to undertake petroleum exploration. It appeared that in the past ethiopia was only utilizing the awash river basin for irrigation development, it accounts for 48% of the national irrigation schemes fao, 1995. Lake tana sits at 1,830 m above sea level with an annual average precipitation of nearly 1,000 mm and evaporation rates of 1,150 mm per year.
A pdf portable document format is a widely popular type of document format created by adobe. The climate of the lake tana sub basin is dominated by tropical highland monsoon with most of its rainfall 7090% of total rainfall occurring between june and september 10,27. Mareb river or gash river only reaches the atbarah in times of flood obel river. Integrating geoinformation for the management of river. The gerd is currently in the midst of a largescale political battle between ethiopia, sudan, and egypt. Water politics in the nile basin european union institute for. The importance of national geoscientific data policy and geological surveys in mineral exploration success the australian experience. Once youve done it, youll be able to easily send the logos you create to clients, make them available for download, or attach them to emails in a fo. Like the shabelle, the juba river originates from the ethiopian highlands, where three large tributaries, the genale, the dawa and the weyb gestro, meet near the border with somalia to form what is known the juba river inside somalia. In the baroakobo plain an area of about 300,000350,000 ha is prone to annual flooding and in the wabishebelle basin some 100,000 ha may be inundated. Integrated hydrological and hydrogeological system analysis. Approximately 70% of the basin area for the juba river lies within ethiopia. The nile basin the term basin refers to the geographical area drained by a river or lake.
Egypt, ethiopia, kenya, rwanda, sudan, tanzania and uganda. A map showing the main river basins of ethiopia blue nile abay basin. Population distribution, poverty and vulnerability linked to production systems and water access are. The water of the awash river basin a future challenge to ethiopia.
Omo basin, southwestern ethiopia with 2 figures, 6 photos and 1 table karl w,butzer introduction the omo is the largest river of western ethiopia, with a drainage basin of almost 70 000 sp. Conflict, cooperation, and powerrelations in the nile basin have changed markedly over time, but. The three tributaries are genale, dawa and gestro rivers. Indeed, the area has a long history of irrigation schemes from the 1960s, with. Uganda, the democratic republic of congo, south sudan, kenya, rwanda, burundi, and tanzania in the equatorial part of the basin. Gumera river catchment is located within the latitude 11. It flows recorded in upper head of blue nile river 26. Three tributaries in ethiopia converge near the somalia national boundary to form the juba river. In the coming years, egypt and ethiopia may be forced to fight a water.
Genale dawa iii dam threatens somalias water and food. Challenges to developing irrigation in ethiopia 30 2. What differs the gerd from the other large dam projects in ethiopia is that it is constructed on the transboundary river blue nile, part of the nile basin, a geography shared between eleven countries 1. Sharing of the waters of the nile river has been a con. Analyzing runoff processes through conceptual hydrological.
Perspectives of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd yohannes yihdego. The study argues that although the gerd is a game changer that challenges egypts longstanding hegemony in the nile basin, ethiopia s. Research report 126 climate change impacts on hydrology and. Low flow trends and frequency analysis in the blue nile basin. Jul 21, 2017 this shapefile contains river basins in ethiopia. Irrigation potential in ethiopia ethiopian agriculture. Hydrological response to climate change for gilgel abay river, in the lake tana basin upper blue nile basin of ethiopia yihun taddele dile1,2, ronny berndtsson3, shimelis g.
The awash river basin is an endorheic basin of ethiopia located between 753. Discoveries in the ogaden basin indicated the gascondensate fields of calub and hilal, with estimated reserves of 2. Making a pdf file of a logo is surprisingly easy and is essential for most web designers. Ethiopia yihun taddele dile river, in the lake tana basin. Location 5 the study was conducted in borkena river catchment, awash basin, ethiopia, which is located at 10.
Supported by the international community, and originally signed by nine countries burundi, drc. The geology and petroleum potential of the ogaden basin, ethiopia p. Countries in the nile river basin need to adapt to climate change in water management without delay. Perspectives of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. It analyses the basin characteristics using statistical data and modern tools such as remote sensing and geographic information systems. All the views and opinions presented here are my own and do not represent the views and opinions of any entity whatsoever with which i have been, am now, or will be affiliated. Low flow trends and frequency analysis in the blue nile. The pdf format allows you to create documents in countless applications and share them with others for viewing. Productive options assessment lower shebelle basin final. Ethiopias surface water resources by major river basins mm3. Depending on the type of scanner you have, you might only be able to scan one page of a document at a time.
The river originates from the central highlands of ethiopia and flows down northeast for a total length of 1,200 km until it terminates by joining lake abe, bordering. I paid for a pro membership specifically to enable this feature. Hydrological modeling to assess climate change impact at. In ethiopia alone, there are 12 major river basins, out of which mereb, tekeze, abbay and baroakobo located in the western part of the country, form the ethiopian part of the nile basin. The project basin covers an area of some 77,200 sq km in south west ethiopia. Nile river basin the international water management. Abstract transboundary river basins are under increasing and scheduled water extraction, to minimize the cumulative pressure due to population growth, agricultural and industrial effect of the. Equatorial nile lakes white nile and eastern nile blue nile basic facts. The other rivers where significant floods occur are the wabishebelle river in southeastern ethiopia near the somali border and baroakobosobat river in western ethiopia, near the sudanese border.
This means it can be viewed across multiple devices, regardless of the underlying operating system. To combine pdf files into a single pdf document is easier than it looks. It uses the case of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd constructed on the blue nile to examine the opportunities and challenges created by counterhegemonic tools. Blue nile current situation at khartoum and the ethiopia sudan border. N water resources 27 the nile basin the term basin refers to the geographical area drained by a river or lake. Benefitsharing framework in the nile river basin disclaimer. Lake tana is the key socioeconomic focal point in the area. Box 140079, addis ababa, ethiopia, hydrological, hydrogeological, hydrogeochemical and isotope hydrology studies have been carried out in the lake tana basin located in the northwestern ethiopian highlands. Adobe systems is a software manufacturer that has created many document and multimedia editing programs. This is a list of streams and rivers in ethiopia, arranged geographically by drainage basin. Optimal operation of a multipurpose multireservoir system in.
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