African Geographic Pictures Collection
Search |
About the collection |
Practical guide |
Contact
| Image number: | 1652 |
| Feature : | water collectors |
| Grouping : | water harvesting |
| Discipline : | hydrogeology |
| Year : | 2006 |
| Locality : | May Leiba |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tembien |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | Water harvesting of runoff is done by means of microdam lakes, typical of the order of 1 miljon m³ of content and smaller basins, called 'horreyos'. Both types of water collectors are respectively used for irrigation schemes of some 50 ha and small irrigation on household level. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2006 Image 1652. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |