Modelling the impact of land use/cover changes on water balance of a humid equatorial highland catchment in Southwestern Uganda, East Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Loy, Turyabanawe Gumisiriza | |
| dc.contributor.author | Geofrey, Gabiri | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bernard, Barasa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Geoffrey, Mukisa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Claire, Nabatta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-10T13:02:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-10T13:02:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigates impact of land use/cover change on water balance of River Mitano catchment in Southwestern Uganda using SWAT model. Land use/cover changes were assessed using three land use maps for years of 2000, 2010 and 2020. Water fluxes were simulated using observed daily discharge.14.4% of precipitation received is converted into discharge, with base flow (2.9%) and lateral flow (11.8%) major contributors. Conversion of grasslands to cropland and built-up areas were key changes. An increase in cropland (6.8%) and built-up areas (3.0%) at expense of grassland and wetland were noticed, with significant increase in monthly and annual groundwater flow. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Turyabanawe Gumisiriza, L., Gabiri, G., Barasa, B., Mukisa, G., & Nabatta, C. (2022). Modelling the impact of land use/cover changes on water balance of a humid equatorial highland catchment in Southwestern Uganda, East Africa. African Geographical Review, 43(2), 311–332. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2145976 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/1798 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | African Geographical Review | en_US |
| dc.subject | Land use/cover | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modeling | en_US |
| dc.subject | SWAT model | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water balance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Humid equatorial catchment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Modelling the impact of land use/cover changes on water balance of a humid equatorial highland catchment in Southwestern Uganda, East Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |