Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Volta Basin

This paper apples the principle of west –use accounts, developed in the first of the series, to the Volta River in West Africa. The Volta Basin covers six countries, with 85% of its area in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Runoff in all three tributaries increases from 2-7% in the drier north to 12-26 % i...

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Autores principales: Kirby, M., Condappa, D. de, Mainuddin, M., Eastham, Judy, Thomas, M.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/10192
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Eastham, Judy
Thomas, M.
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description This paper apples the principle of west –use accounts, developed in the first of the series, to the Volta River in West Africa. The Volta Basin covers six countries, with 85% of its area in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Runoff in all three tributaries increases from 2-7% in the drier north to 12-26 % in the higher – rainfall south. Grassland is the dominant land use throughout Basin ranging from 76% of the Delta catchment in the south to 98% of the Arly catchment with corresponding water use of 55% and 92% of water used in each. Increasing irrigation in the basin of all three tributaries to about one-third of the land identified by FAO as potentially irrigable gives lower flows and storage in the Dam.
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spelling CGSpace101922025-11-12T07:32:27Z Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Volta Basin Kirby, M. Condappa, D. de Mainuddin, M. Eastham, Judy Thomas, M. water use This paper apples the principle of west –use accounts, developed in the first of the series, to the Volta River in West Africa. The Volta Basin covers six countries, with 85% of its area in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Runoff in all three tributaries increases from 2-7% in the drier north to 12-26 % in the higher – rainfall south. Grassland is the dominant land use throughout Basin ranging from 76% of the Delta catchment in the south to 98% of the Arly catchment with corresponding water use of 55% and 92% of water used in each. Increasing irrigation in the basin of all three tributaries to about one-third of the land identified by FAO as potentially irrigable gives lower flows and storage in the Dam. 2010 2011-09-27T04:52:21Z 2011-09-27T04:52:21Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/10192 en Open Access application/pdf Kirby, M., Condappa, D. de, Mainuddin, M., Eastham, J. and Thomas, M. 2010. Water use account in CPWF basins: Simple water use accounting of the Volta basin. CPWF working paper: Basin Focal project series, BFP04. Colombo, Sri Lanka: The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and food. 27pp.
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title Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Volta Basin
title_full Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Volta Basin
title_fullStr Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Volta Basin
title_full_unstemmed Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Volta Basin
title_short Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Volta Basin
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topic water use
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