Assessing the effect of sustainable land management on improving water security in the Blue Nile Highlands: a paired catchment approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-09837-5
Abstract: The Blue Nile Highlands, Ethiopia, has been experiencing serious land degradation, menacing water security, and then human well-being. However, sustainable land management (SLM) may be the way to curb land degradation and improve water security.… read more here.
Keywords: land; blue nile; nile highlands; water security ... See more keywords
Dynamic political contexts and power asymmetries: the cases of the Blue Nile and the Yarmouk Rivers
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DOI: 10.1007/s10784-017-9364-y
Abstract: This paper explores the evolving patterns of hydropolitical relations in the dynamic contexts of Yarmouk and Blue Nile Rivers in comparison. The analysis aims at shedding light over the complex implications that recent political and… read more here.
Keywords: dynamic political; yarmouk; political contexts; power asymmetries ... See more keywords
Investigations on the parent material of soils of two Nile Valleys with different river dynamics (White Nile and Blue Nile)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.03.022
Abstract: Abstract Soils of two Nile Valleys (White Nile and Blue Nile) and the neighboring Nubian Sandstone plateaus (Qoz) in Central Sudan were investigated. The White and Blue Niles rise from different areas and are different… read more here.
Keywords: blue; nile valleys; nile blue; blue nile ... See more keywords
Characterizing shallow groundwater in hillslope aquifers using isotopic signatures: A case study in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100901
Abstract: Abstract Study region Robit-Bata watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Study focus Stable isotopes of water (Oxygen-18 and Deuterium) were used as tracers to estimate the contribution of groundwater in shallow hillslope aquifers to streamflow… read more here.
Keywords: blue nile; water; isotopic; shallow groundwater ... See more keywords
Effects of climate change on water resources in the upper Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00771
Abstract: Drawing on hydrology, rainfall, and climatic data from the past 25 years, this article investigates the effects of climate change on water resources in the transnational Blue Nile Basin (BNB). The primary focus is on… read more here.
Keywords: water; change; river; climate change ... See more keywords
Upper Jurassic palynology from the Blue Nile Basin (Ethiopia)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104361
Abstract: Abstract Late Jurassic paleobotanical records from the northeast of Gondwana are rare. We present the first palynological assemblage from the upper part of the Antalo Limestone Formation from the Blue Nile Basin (central western Ethiopia).… read more here.
Keywords: palynology; upper jurassic; nile basin; blue nile ... See more keywords
The use of cholera oral vaccine for containment of the 2019 disease outbreak in Sudan.
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DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trac041
Abstract: A cholera outbreak in Blue Nile and Sennar states, south-eastern and southern Sudan, took place during September-December 2019. An outbreak surveillance sample collection was made. Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa was isolated from clinical samples of… read more here.
Keywords: state; sudan; blue nile; outbreak ... See more keywords
Improving potato cultivation using siphons for partial root-zone drying irrigation: A case study in the Blue Nile river basin, Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1515/opag-2017-0028
Abstract: Abstract Partial root-zone drying (PRD) is an irrigation technique which consists of alternating the water supply from one furrow to another, and keeping the other one dry during the weekly alternation period. Studies assessing PRD… read more here.
Keywords: root zone; irrigation; partial root; water ... See more keywords
Flood Frequency Analyses over Different Basin Scales in the Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.3390/hydrology7030044
Abstract: The frequency and intensity of flood quantiles and its attendant damage in agricultural establishments have generated a lot of issues in Ethiopia. Moreover, precise estimates of flood quantiles are needed for efficient design of hydraulic… read more here.
Keywords: river; flood frequency; basin; flood ... See more keywords
Land Cover Change in the Blue Nile River Headwaters: Farmers’ Perceptions, Pressures, and Satellite-Based Mapping
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DOI: 10.3390/land10010068
Abstract: The headwaters of the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia contain fragile mountain ecosystems and are highly susceptible to land degradation that impacts water quality and flow dynamics in a major transboundary river system. This study… read more here.
Keywords: change; blue nile; cover; nile river ... See more keywords
Programmatic Implications for Schistosomiasis Elimination Based on Community-Based Survey in the Blue Nile, North Kordofan, and Sennar States, Sudan
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DOI: 10.3390/life13041049
Abstract: Schistosomiasis prevalence has remained high in some areas due to reinfection despite repeated mass drug administration interventions. We aimed to explore its risk factors in order to help to design adequate interventions in such high-transmission… read more here.
Keywords: blue nile; sennar states; schistosomiasis; community based ... See more keywords