CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAKE WATER RESOURCESIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF LAKE CHAD AND LAKE VICTORIA

DA Yunana; AA Shittu; S Ayuba; EJ Bassah; WK Joshua

doi:10.4314/njt.362.1320

CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAKE WATER RESOURCESIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF LAKE CHAD AND LAKE VICTORIA

Authors

DA Yunana DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WUKARI, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA.
AA Shittu DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WUKARI, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA.
S Ayuba DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WUKARI, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA.
EJ Bassah DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WUKARI, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA.
WK Joshua DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WUKARI, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.362.1320

Keywords:

Water Resource, Climate Change, Sub-Saharan Africa, Lake Chad, Lake Victoria

Abstract

This review assesses the impact of climate change on lake water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa(SSA). Two significant global water features with immense contribution to agriculture and socio-economic development of the region were analysed. Lake Victoria is the world second largest freshwater lake and Lake Chad the largest endoreic basin. These two great water bodies have been affected drastically by climate change and human influence. A significant shrinkage on Lake Chad was experienced with a decrease in water stored from in 1960s to less than in 2005. This effect abruptly receded Lake Chad from 25,000Km² in the 1960s to 1350Km² in 2005; while Lake Victoria experienced continual fluctuations from over a century; with evaporation rates varying between 1370mm to 1600mm, 90% of water loss which leads to peak fluctuation occurring in 1961.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i2.42

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Published

2017-03-31

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Agricultural, Bioresources, Biomedical, Food, Environmental & Water Resources Engineering

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAKE WATER RESOURCESIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF LAKE CHAD AND LAKE VICTORIA. (2017). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 36(2), 648-654. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.362.1320