| Title: | Assessment of water resources availability and demand in the Mara River Basin |
| Authors: | Dessu, S.B, A.M. Melesse, M.G. Bhat and M.E. McClain |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Journal: | Catena |
| Volume (Issue): | 115 |
| Pages: | 104-114 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.catena.2013.11.017 |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
| Primary Application Category: | hydrologic assessment |
| Secondary Application Category: | none |
| Watershed Description: | 13,750 km^2 Mara River, which drains portions of southwestern Kenya and northwestern Tanzania. |
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| General Comments: | SWAT was not actually executed for this study. The authors instead used SWAT output from a previous study (listed here). The authors determined flow rates from the previous SWAT results that equaled or exceeded 50%, 80% and 95% by month. The total available monthly flow volume for all of the sub-basins were calculated based on the flow that exceeded the three percentages. Previous study: Dessu, S.B. and A.M. Melesse. 2012. Modelling the rainfall-runoff process of the Mara River basin using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. Hydrological Processes. 26(26): 1-12. Doi: 10.1002/hyp.9205. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Water demand, Mara River, Water availability, SWAT, Irrigation |