Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Gibe III

Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099
Figure 5.2: River system of the catchment area
Morphological data
For the purpose of the present study the entire Gibe III Basin has been divided in the following five
contributing catchments:
1. Gilgel Gibe River at Gibe I Dam site;
2. Graet Gibe River at Abelti without Gibe I;
3. Wabe River at Wolkite;
4. Gojeb River at OM19 section (the proposed dam site in reference 2 );
2 Federal Government of Ethiopia, Ministry of Water Resources, “Gojeb HPP, Pre-Feasibility Report: Vol. 3 Annex A,
Hydrology”, Howard Humphreys – Coyne et Bellier – Rust Kennedy & Donkin, Oct 1996
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