Landscapes and landforms of Ethiopia. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paolo Billi, editor.
• Editors: Billi, P
• Contents: Geomorphological landscapes of Ethiopia: an introduction -- Geology of Ethiopia: a review and a geomorphological perspective -- The climate of Ethiopia -- Ethiopian rivers -- Planation surfaces and long term geomorphological evolution of Ethiopia -- Paleoglaciated landscapes of Simen and other mountains in Ethiopia -- Geomorphology of the archaeological area of Aksum -- Geomorphology of Adwa district -- Geomorphology of 2amba3 landscape of northern Ethiopia -- Gully development in Tigray Highlands -- Tufa dams in Tigray (northern Ethiopia) as Late Pleistocene-Holocene climate proxies -- Ephemeral streams in the Kobo basin -- Sediment yield variability at various catchment scales and its impact on reservoirs in the Ethiopian highlands -- Hayk Lake 3500 years of climatic and hydrologic changes in northern Ethiopia -- Tectonic and volcanic geomorphology of the rift zones -- the Afar triangle -- Ethiopian Rift lakes -- landforms and hydrology -- Geomorphology of the Lakes Region -- geomorphological record of palaeohydrological and palaeoclimatic events in an active volcano-tectonic setting -- Water-rock interaction and lakes hydrochemistry in the Main Ethiopian Rift -- The landscape and landforms of the Ogaden -- Geo-Hazard in Ethiopia -- Land degradation in the Ethiopian highlands.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations, maps (some color)
• Subjects: 916.3; Physical geography -- Ethiopia; Landscapes -- Ethiopia; Landforms -- Ethiopia; TRAVEL -- Africa -- General; Landforms; Landscapes; Physical geography; Geography; Geomorphology; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Soil Science & Conservation; Ethiopia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401780261; 9401780269; 9401780250; 9789401780254
• Related ISBNs: 9789401780254
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 26 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.