Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa

• Main Author: Shahin, Mamdouh. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Water Science and Technology Library ; 41
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Physical geography.; Aquatic ecology.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Physical Geography.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
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Africa, the cradle of many old civilizations, is the second largest world continent, and the homeland of nearly one-eighth of the world population. Despite AfricaỚ"s richness in natural resources, the average income per person, after excluding a few countries, is the lowest all over the world...

Table of Contents:

• Climate
• Analysis of Rainfall Data
• Evaporation
• Evapotranspiration
• Runoff, Streamflow, Erosion and Sedimentation
• Hydrology of Large River Basins: Eastern and Western Africa
• Hyrology of Large River Basins: Central and Southern Africa
• Hydrology of Selected Intermediate and Small River Basins
• Hydrology of Wetlands and Natural Lakes
• Large Dams and Storage Reservoirs, and Their Impacts
• Groundwater Resources of Africa
• Hydrology and Water Resources of African Islands
• Water Resources and Development of Africa.