International Journal of
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Water Res. Environ. Eng.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6613
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJWREE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 347

Full Length Research Paper

Impact of land use/land cover change on hydrologic processes in Dijo watershed, central rift valley, Ethiopia

Ashenafi Nigusie
  • Ashenafi Nigusie
  • Department of Natural Resource Management, Alage ATVET College, Alage, Ethiopia.
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Mihret Dananto
  • Mihret Dananto
  • Department of Water Resource Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Water resource and Irrigation Engineering, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 02 September 2020
  •  Accepted: 13 November 2020
  •  Published: 31 January 2021

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