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Research Article

Blue-green water resource availability dynamics in the upper Awash basin, central Ethiopia: implications for agricultural water scarcity assessment

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Article: 2252767 | Received 05 Jun 2023, Accepted 23 Aug 2023, Published online: 05 Sep 2023

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