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ETHIOPIA 2009. A man refreshes himself with water collected from a dry river bed.
ETHIOPIA 2009. Men at work for the construction of a dam in a dry river bed.
ETHIOPIA 2009. Men at work for the construction of a dam in a dry river bed.
ETHIOPIA 2009. Goats and cattle are brought to this watering hole dug from a dried river bed. Such improvided wells are the only water source until the next rainy season.
ETHIOPIA 2009. A man refreshes himself and drinks water found after digging in a dry river bed.
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ETHIOPIA 2009. A herder and his livestock drinking from the same water source, an improvised well dug from a dried river bed. The quality of the water is not good and can cause disease in humans.
ETHIOPIA 2009. A herder and his livestock drinking from the same water source, an improvised well dug from a dried river bed. The quality of the water is not good and can cause disease in humans.
ETHIOPIA 2009. Goats and cattle are brought to this watering hole dug from a dried river bed. Such improvided wells are the only water source until the next rainy season.
ETHIOPIA 2009. Goats and cattle are brought to this watering hole dug from a dried river bed. Such improvided wells are the only water source until the next rainy season.
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ETHIOPIA 1964. Water potentials of the river
ETHIOPIA - ENORMOUS GRANARY POTENTIAL. Addis Ababa, June 1964. Ethiopian technicians in a cable car estimate the flow of the Awash River by a mechanism submerged in the water and suspended from the car. The various studies made of the river are to determine the discharge, level and siltation conditions.
01/01/1964
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Ethiopia
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It is claimed that Ethiopia could be the granary of the Middle East and of Africa and supply over one hundred million people with food and clothing, if it were properly exploited. The Awash River Basin is probably the area that could best be developed to achieve this goal, extending, as it does, over 37 million acres of the most fertile land in the country. Consequently, the Government has made considerable efforts to obtain information on the water potentials of the river and its tributaries both for irrigation and hydroelectric power. A three-year survey costing $1.3 million was launched in 1961 by the Government with the assistance of the United Nations Special Fund and the expert advice of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to investigate the potentials of the Awash River Basin and to determine the suitability of the soils within the area for irrigation farming.