This study addresses the issue of ‘washback’ effect of language testing. What is ‘washback’? What does it look like in practice? It has been widely asserted that tests influence language learners who prepare to take them ...

The study area, Metehara to Nura era, covers a total area of 777 km2 In this area, mechanized farms of sugar cane and citrus fruits are found and more than 12,000 workers .depend their lives on the plantations. Though ...

The lakes of the Main Rift Valley suffer from lake level fluctuation due to several natural and human induced factors. Lake Abiyata, a terminal lake, which is located in the central part of the main rift of Ethiopia, as ...

Water quality and phytoplankton community structure at one offshore (Zege) and three near-shore (Hospital, Resort and K. George) sites in the Southern Gulf of Lake Tana were investigated from Dec. 2015 to Mar. 2016. Surface ...

Improved springs and water wells are major sources of drinking water for most of the rural areas in Ethiopia. These types of water sources are under increasing threat from contamination due to inadequate maintenance of ...

For the comprehensive determination of water quality in the Akaki River various physicochemical characteristics were analyzed in this study with various methods: in-situ and ex-situ measurements and citizen science was ...

Lake Hawassa is one of the most threatened Rift Valley lakes because of human pressure like adverse land use in the watershed, urban development and rapid growth of industries. As a result, the social, economic and ecological ...

Berga river catchment is located in west part of Addis Abeba with SW to NE stretch of 8057'58" N to 9018'35" N latitude and 38020'49" E to 38029'33" E longitude. It is a sub-catchment of Awash basin, found at water divide ...

Water resource potential evaluation is carried out on Beressa river catchment which is located about 130 km from Addis Ababa on the way to Dessie. The study area covers 336 km2 and having average elevation ranges from ...

The study area lies in the central part of the country, 45 km west of Addis Ababa, in Oromia National Regional state. It is a sub catchement of upper Awash drainage basin with a total surface area of 515 km2. Currently ...