Ecological Conditions and Ecosystem Services of Artificial Wetlands in Semiarid Ethiopian Highlands

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Partial views of Borale sites during the wet (a, b) and dry (c, d, e) seasons, with its reservoir and Earth dam (a), downstream wetlands covered with Typha, Cyperus, and Commelina species (b–c) and the canal (d), silt sedimentation, highly reduced water volume, catchment ploughed and covered with barely growing during a light rainy season (locally called ‘Belg’) from February to April and some woodlots of Eucalyptus globules nearby corrugated iron homes (e) (Photos taken from September 2020 to May 2021).

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