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Hydrological processes and water resources management in a dryland environment I: An introduction to the Romwe Catchment Study in Southern Zimbabwe |
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J. Bromley, J. A. Butterworth, D. M. J. Macdonald, C. J. Lovell, I. Mharapara, C. H. Batchelor |
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Englisch
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1027-5606
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In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 3, no. 3 ; Nr. 3, no. 3, S.322-332 |
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250001083
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/hess-3-322-1999.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| In Zimbabwe during the 1980s and early 1990s, a sequence of severe droughts
caused widespread food shortages and great hardship to rural communities. The
droughts exacerbated the problems of environmental degradation in communal lands
and highlighted the lack of understanding of the links between the climate, land
use and hydrology of dryland regions. The Romwe Catchment Study addresses these
issues, and has led to the establishment of the first fully-instrumented
research catchment in a communally-managed dryland environment in southern
Africa. The key objectives were (a) to improve the understanding of hydrological
processes in communal land areas, mostly underlain by crystalline basement
aquifers, and (b) to investigate the impacts of variations in climate and
changes in land use and management on the hydrology and water resources. In this
introductory paper, the physical characteristics of the catchment are described
together with the instrumentation to monitor hydrological processes and quantify
the catchment water balance. |
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