Suitability of Water Harvesting in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia: A First Step towards a Mesoscale Hydrological Modeling Framework

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Suitability of the Upper Blue Nile Basin for water harvesting under: (a) equal percentage influence of factors considered; (b) percentage influence of 30, 30, 20, and 20 for rainfall, slope, land cover, and soil, respectively; (c) percentage influence of 35, 25, 20, and 20 for rainfall, slope, land cover, and soil, respectively; and (d) percentage influence of 25, 35, 20, and 20 for rainfall, slope, land cover, and soil, respectively (4: highly suitable, 3: moderately suitable, and 1-2: less suitable).

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