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| Title: | GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR GROUNDWATER OCCURRENCE IN LAKE TANA BASIN, NORTHWESERN ETHIOPIA, AMHARA REGION |
| Authors: | AYALEW, HUSSEN |
| Advisors: | Dr. Seifu Kebede |
| Keywords: | GEOLOGICAL
GROUNDWATER
LAKE TANA BASIN
AMHARA REGION |
| Copyright: | Jan-2010 |
| Date Added: | 3-May-2012 |
| Publisher: | AAU |
| Abstract: | The study area is found in northwestern Ethiopia, Amhara National Regional State (ANRS).
It is situated in the junction of the three grabens (Gonder, Gorgora &Debretabor). The study
area with 15339 km2, comprising the two shield volcanoes( Guna and Choke), Lake Tana and
rivers, which is delineated arbitrarily so as to determine whether the geological framework is
favorable for ground water occurrence and circulation between them or not.
Irrigated methodologies are used t find out the groundwater flow system and hydrochemistry
of the study area along with employing the appropriate software like global mapper, serfer,
and Arc GIS that facilitate for analysis and interpretations of the data in order to get the
output. The secondary data are collected from the concerned offices and same primary data
are obtained during the field work.
Accordingly, groundwater flow system is considered as shallow and deep aquifer cases and
the output indicate that there is the same flow trend within the two flow systems ground
water flows west and to the southwest.
On the other hand, hydro chemical data analysis part also reveals, evolution of major ions,
water types portability of water for human consumption, spatial distribution of some major
ions including fluoride and direction of groundwater flow. For example, the water sample
from the spring and hand dug well(Guzara) and bore hole(Enfraze) is NaCHO-3 type, which
indicate the presence of evolution where as cold springs mostly from the high lands has the
water type Na-CA-HCO3 shows minor evolution. The increasing trends of the
physicochemical analysis indicate that there is groundwater out flow towards the Lake area |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2255 |
| Appears in: | Hydrogeology
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