A Note on the Water Budget of Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Especially the Role of Salvinia Molesta Mitch and Cyperus papyrus L

Åse, Lars-Erik

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“…However, at the end of last century, the writings of European travellers indicate that the Lake's level must have been rising between the years 1880 to 1895 -to a maximum height of 1,896 m asl (above sea level) (Sikes, 1936;Ase et al, 1986), which is some 4-5 m higher than any level reached since that time. Levels then declined in a drought which lasted for about 4 years at the turn of the century, so that when continuous recording commenced in 1908 the level was 1,890 m asl (Ase, 1987).…”

Section: Lake and Climatic Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since 1908, continuous records have been maintained at several places and these are combined in Fig. 3 taken from Ase (1987) and extended with data from the Ministry of Hydrology and the Elsamere Conservation Centre. This shows a general decline to a low point in the decade 1945-55 of around 1,882 m asl, which would have given the Lake a maximum depth of around 13 m at Crescent Island Lagoon and an area of about 100 km 2 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Initially there was assumed to be some undiscovered subterranean outlet (Gregory, 1921) together with very dilute inflows (Worthington, 1932). This view was refined, however, by Gaudet & Melack (1981), and Ase (1987), who showed that the Lake was hydrologically a seepage lake, with input via ground-water seepage in the northern area and outflow in the southern area (cf. Fig.…”

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Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development

Harper

Mavuti

Muchiri³

1990

Envir. Conserv.

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Section: Lake and Climatic Historymentioning

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Section: Lake and Climatic Historymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development

Harper

Mavuti

Muchiri³

1990

Envir. Conserv.

104

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“…The concept of a water budget has previously been applied in various hydrological modelling studies (e.g. Ase ; Owen ; Winter ; Habets et al . ; Kebede et al .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…The concept of a water budget has previously been applied in various hydrological modelling studies (e.g. Ase 1987;Owen 1995;Winter 1995;Habets et al 1999;Kebede et al 2006; Barnett & Pierce 2008;Revollo 2008;Yin & Nicholson 2009;Schmidt et al 2010). A water budget study for self-sustainability must consider several climatical and hydrological conditions, including rainfall, relative humidity, temperature, evaporation, seepage losses, type of soil and the effects of any nearby water bodies or rivers, among many others.…”

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Evaporation modelling using neural networks for assessing the self‐sustainability of a water body

Jain

Roy

2017

Lakes & Reservoirs

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Studies addressing the self‐sustainability of water bodies are crucial from the perspective of sustainable water resources management. An artificial water body is vulnerable to drastic water level changes resulting from various hydroclimatical and geological factors. It is incumbent therefore to rigorously investigate the effects of these factors in order to assess the response of the water body, consequent to a wide range of scenarios. This study focuses on the self‐sustainability of a water body, based on the water budget approach, and taking into account various hydroclimatical and geological factors in the study area. As the available evaporation data shared a very short (~2 years) common time frame with the other variables, evaporation was modelled using regression and artificial neural network models. The study results indicated the water body would be self‐sustainable under the extreme climatical and hydrological conditions considered. While seepage exhibited substantial impacts on the storage of the water body, evaporation was found to have only marginal impacts.

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The physical attributes of the Lake Naivasha catchment rivers

Everard¹,

Vale²,

Harper³

et al. 2002

Lake Naivasha, Kenya

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Lake Naivasha is unique in the chain of East African Rift Valley lakes in being the only freshwater ecosystem in an otherwise soda/saline lake series. Catchment rivers have never previously been surveyed. Valley topography, precipitation patterns and geology create a diversity of river systems draining into Lake Naivasha. Semi-quantitative assessment using the River Habitat Survey technique demonstrates a diversity of habitats and erosion/sedimentation patterns, reflecting the tectonic origin of the area. The survey descriptions form a basis for identification of areas where efforts will need to be directed for physical and biological protection.

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A Note on the Water Budget of Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Especially the Role of Salvinia Molesta Mitch and Cyperus papyrus L

Cited by 14 publications

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Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development

Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development

Evaporation modelling using neural networks for assessing the self‐sustainability of a water body

The physical attributes of the Lake Naivasha catchment rivers

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