Andarge Yitbarek Baye

Hydrogeological Framework of Upper Awash River Basin, Ethiopia: with Special Emphasis on Inter-basins Groundwater Transfer Between Blue Nile and Awash Rivers Andarge Yitbarek Baye

Integrated approach has been used to investigate the hydrogeological framework of a complex fractured volcanic aquifer system in the Upper Awash river basin located at the western shoulder of the Ethiopian rift. The groundwater flow system and mechanism of recharge of different aquifers have been studied using conventional hydrogeological field investigations, hydrochemistry, isotope hydrology and numerical groundwater flow modeling techniques.