Essays about: "Central Rift Valley"

Found 4 essays containing the words Central Rift Valley.

  1. 1. Zoonotic diseases in Zambian goat herds : prevalence and risk factors

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Pernilla Karlsson Bergkvist; [2020]
    Keywords : zoonotic disease; goats; Zambia; brucellosis; Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever; Rift Valley fever; risk factors;

    Abstract : Small ruminants play an important role in low-income countries due to their ability to bring food and income to their owners. Loss of these animals due to disease can therefore affect a family’s ability to support their livelihood and the children’s opportunities to go to school so that they can improve their future. READ MORE

  3. 2. An exploratory study of Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age site locations in Kenya’s Central Rift Valley using landscape analysis : a GIS approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Angela Kabiru; [2017]
    Keywords : geography; geographical information systems; archaeology; Kenya; Central Rift Valley; landscape analysis; Middle Stone Age; Later Stone Age; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Kenyan central rift has witnessed dramatic climatic changes over relatively short periods of time in response to global climatic changes, with the water levels of the lakes within the rift rising and falling with these changing conditions. There is considerable evidence showing extreme wet and dry phases throughout their existence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Geophysical and hydrogeological survey in a part of the Nhandugue River valley, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique : area 2 and 3

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristina Arvidsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Mozambique; geophysical methods; groundwater; Urema Rift; Gorongosa National Park; Nhandugue River; Moçambique; geofysiska metoder; grundvatten; Urema-riften; Gorongosa Nationalpark; Nhanduguefloden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique is situated at the southernmost extension of the East African Rift System (EARS), the Urema Rift. The park is protecting a vast ecosystem of floodplains, grasslands and woody coverage. READ MORE

  5. 4. Geophysical and hydrogeological survey in a part of the Nhandugue River valley, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique : area 1 and 2

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Li Stenberg; [2010]
    Keywords : Mozambique; geophysical investigation; Gorongosa National Park; groundwater recharge zone; Nhandugue River; Urema Graben; Moçambique; geofysisk undersökning; Gorongosa Nationalpark; grundvattenbildningszon; Nhanduguefloden ; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique is situated at the southernmost extension of the East African Rift System (EARS), the Urema Graben. The Nhandugue River flows over the western margin of the Urema Graben, and marks the northwest border of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. READ MORE