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Land Use And Climate Change Impacts On The Hydrology Of The Upper Mara River Basin, Kenya: Results Of A Modeling Study To Support Better Resource Management, Liya M. Mango, Assefa M. Melesse, Michael E. Mcclain, Daniel Gann, S. G. Setegen

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Some of the most valued natural and cultural landscapes on Earth lie in river basins that are poorly gauged and have incomplete historical climate and runoff records. The Mara River Basin of East Africa is such a basin. It hosts the internationally renowned Mara-Serengeti landscape as well as a rich mixture of indigenous cultures. The Mara River is the sole source of surface water to the landscape during the dry season and periods of drought. During recent years, the flow of the Mara River has become increasingly erratic, especially in the upper reaches, and resource managers are hampered by a …