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Research Article

Regional-scale interactions between groundwater and surface water under changing aridity: evidence from the River Awash Basin, Ethiopia

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Pages 450-463 | Received 01 May 2020, Accepted 06 Oct 2020, Published online: 04 Feb 2021

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