Abstract
Sediment accumulation hampers optimal water resources management of reservoirs. In the Roseires Reservoir across the Blue Nile River, in Sudan, about 30% of the storage capacity has been lost by sedimentation before dam heightening (2012), despite regular sediment sluicing and flushing. At the same time, increasing soil erosion in the upper river basin in Ethiopia is significantly reducing land productivity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 477-491 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | International Journal of River Basin Management |
Volume | 16 (2018) |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- Blue Nile Basin
- mineralogy
- Sediment transfer
- sink
- source
- X-ray diffraction