Table 2 River basins and their irrigation and hydropower potential in Ethiopia
From: Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review
River basin | Catchment area (km2) | Annual Runoff (BM3) | Specific discharge (l/s/km2) | Potential irrigable land (ha) | Gross hydroelectric potential (Gwh/year) | Estimated ground water potential (BM3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbay | 199,812 | 52.6 | 7.8 | 815,581 | 78,820 | 1.80 |
Awash | 112,700 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 134,121 | 4470 | 0.14 |
Baro-Akobo | 75,912 | 23.6 | 9.7 | 1,019,523 | 13,765 | 0.28 |
Genale-Dawa | 171,042 | 5.88 | 1.2 | 1,074,720 | 9270 | 0.14 |
Mereb | 5,900 | 0.65 | 3.2 | 67,560 | – | 0.05 |
Omo-Ghibe | 79,000 | 16.6 | 6.7 | 67,928 | 36,560 | 0.42 |
Rift Valley | 52,739 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 139,300 | 800 | 0.10 |
Tekeze | 82,350 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 83,368 | 5980 | 0.20 |
Wabe-Shebele | 202,697 | 3.16 | 0.5 | 237,905 | 5440 | 0.07 |
Afar-Denakil | 74,002 | 0.86 | – | 158,776 | – | – |
Ogaden | 77,121 | – | – |  | – | – |
Aysha | 2,223 | – | – |  | – | – |
Total | 1,135,498 | 122.05 | Â | 3,798,782 | 155,102 | 3.20 |