Transboundary sediment transfer from source to sink using a mineralogical analysis. Case study

Title

Transboundary sediment transfer from source to sink using a mineralogical analysis. Case study: Roseires Reservoir, Blue Nile, Sudan

 Author

Ali, Yasir S.A. (The Hydraulics Research Center; Jubail University College)
Paron, Paolo (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education)
Crosato, A. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics; IHE Delft Institute for Water Education) ORCID 0000-0001-9531-005X
Mohamed, Yasir A. (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education; The Hydraulics Research Center)

Date

2017-12-19

 Abstract

Sediment accumulation hampers optimal water resources management of reservoirs. In the Roseires Reservoir across the Blue Nile River, in Sudan, about 30% of the storage capacity has been lost by sedimentation before dam heightening (2012), despite regular sediment sluicing and flushing. At the same time, increasing soil erosion in the upper river basin in Ethiopia is significantly reducing land productivity.


 Subject

Blue Nile Basin
mineralogy
Sediment transfer
sink
source
X-ray diffraction

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2017.1411919

 Embargo date

2019-01-01

 ISSN

1571-5124

 Source

International Journal of River Basin Management, 16 (2018) (4), 477-491

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

© 2017 Yasir S.A. Ali, Paolo Paron, A. Crosato, Yasir A. Mohamed
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