Future hydrology of the Upper Blue Nile River basin and its impact on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam water resource system: a review

ABSTRACT

This review paper focuses on the question of what will happen to the future water resource system of Grand Renaissance Dam of Ethiopia based on the projected hydrology of the Upper Blue Nile River basin. For this, the hydrological extremes, the baseline hydrological trends, and projected hydrological extremes of the Upper Blue Nile River basin were reviewed from various published and unpublished sources. Changes in the future hydrology of the Upper Blue Nile River basin due to climate change or any other natural or manmade modification of the river basin deserve concerted attention in the future water resources system of the Grand Renaissance Dam of Ethiopia, because the water resources of the dam mainly depend on the water potential nature of the Upper Blue Nile River basin.

KEYWORDS:

• hydrology
• UBNRB
• GERD
• water resource system

Editor A. Fiori Associate Editor A. Petroselli

Editor A. Fiori Associate Editor A. Petroselli

Acknowledgements

The authors sincerely appreciate the Assosa University Agriculture and Natural Resource College Research, Technology Innovation and Transfer Coordinator office for the opportunity to conduct this review.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Availability of data and materials

All original data and materials of this review are available from the corresponding author.