Water Balance of the Niger River Basin in West Africa

7/10/97


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Water Balance of the Niger River Basin in West Africa

Location

Precipitation

Map-Based Water Balance

How to make the map?

Topography - Digital Elevation Model

Inland Catchments

Stream-Watershed Delineation

Soil Water Budget

Soil Water Budget

Monthly Precipitation

Monthly Temperature

Monthly Net Radiation

Soil Water Holding Capacity

Annual Water Surplus

Precipitation vs. Runoff Curve

Mean-Annual Flow in the Niger River

Flow Routing Model

Flow Routing Model

Flow Generated in the Subwatersheds PFlow(t)

Flow at the Subwatershed Outlet TFlow(t)

Predicted vs. Observed Flows at Koulikoro

Conclusions

Author: Francisco Olivera

Email: folivera@mail.utexas.edu

Home Page: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/olivera/header.htm