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Abstract The Nile River is one of the principal rivers in Africa, with Blue Nile (BNRiF) and Tekeze-Atbara (TARiF) rivers being its largest tributaries. However, long-term hydrological information is lacking… Click to show full abstract
Abstract The Nile River is one of the principal rivers in Africa, with Blue Nile (BNRiF) and Tekeze-Atbara (TARiF) rivers being its largest tributaries. However, long-term hydrological information is lacking in the Nile basin, which is a shortcoming to design and implement sustainable water management. We reconstructed river discharge since A.D. 1784 using tree-ring proxy data to (1) extend the short existing discharge records (2) examine long-term flow variability, and (3) identify characteristics of high- and low-flow periods and their connection with large-scale climate forcing factors like the El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole Mode (IOD). The chronology (RPC#1) correlates significantly with annual BNRiF (r = 0.62, p
Journal Title: Quaternary Science Reviews
Year Published: 2018
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