Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability and Use in the Limpopo River Basin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Country | Area of country within basin (km2) | Share of total basin area (%) | Annual mean precipitation (mm) | Annual mean potential evapotranspiration (mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Botswana | 80118 | 19 | 422 | 1599 |
Mozambique | 84981 | 21 | 751 | 1650 |
South Africa | 185298 | 45 | 607 | 1570 |
Zimbabwe | 62541 | 15 | 506 | 1592 |
Basin | 412938 | 100 | 587 | 1596 |
2. Linked Modeling System for Water Availability and Use Simulation
2.1. Hydrological Model
2.2. Water Simulation Module
3. Climate Change and Socioeconomic Scenarios
3.1. Climate Change Scenarios
3.2. Socioeconomic Scenario
3.3. Irrigation and Water Infrastructure Development Scenarios
4. Results
4.1. Hydrological Impacts
4.2. Irrigation Water Supply Reliability
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Chicago/Turabian StyleZhu, Tingju, and Claudia Ringler. 2012. "Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability and Use in the Limpopo River Basin" Water 4, no. 1: 63-84. https://doi.org/10.3390/w4010063
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