Assessing development and climate variability impacts on water resources in the Zambezi River basin. Simulating future scenarios of climate and development.

ABSTRACT:

Study region

: The Zambezi River basin, a transboundary basin supplying vital resources to vast human and environmental systems and subject to radical changes linked to climate and infrastructural development.

Study focus

: Application of a hydrological model (Pitman) established for 76 sub-basins covering the total basin area of about 1 350 000 km² to assess the potential impacts of increasing water demand under global warming scenarios (1.5, 2, and 3 degree).

New hydrological insights for the region

: The application of the calibrated model to the analysis of different combinations of climate change and water use showed that the relative impacts are quite different across the whole Zambezi River basin. The greatest impacts are found in the areas containin

SUBMITTER: Hughes DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756319 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature