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Multiple Water Reservoirs in African Continent: Scarcity, Abundance and Distribution

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Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 5 (SCA 2021)

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The focus of this article is to give an overview of inland water bodies (lakes, dams and lagoons) and surface water bodies (rivers and wetlands), as well as the various groundwater reserves (water tables and aquifers). These natural water reservoirs, its distribution in Africa plays a fundamental role in the constraint of its geological evolution and habitability. The aquifers constitute good underground water reservoirs, from fissured or fractured rocks, allowing a water supply, which are less sensitive to climatic variations. On the other hand, surface waters are more sensitive to pollution and drought. The framework for sustaining and preserving these resources is good environmental management of the various watersheds and coastal zone planning. In addition, the control of groundwater pum**, to avoid a drop in piezometric levels.

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  • 06 May 2022

    The original version of this book was inadvertently published with an error. The folowing corrections have been updated in Chapter 51 (Multiple Water Reservoirs in African Continent: Scarcity, Abundance and Distribution):

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El Bakouri, A., Bouita, M., Dimane, F., Tayebi, M., Belghyti, D. (2022). Multiple Water Reservoirs in African Continent: Scarcity, Abundance and Distribution. In: Ben Ahmed, M., Boudhir, A.A., Karaș, İ.R., Jain, V., Mellouli, S. (eds) Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 5. SCA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 393. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94191-8_51

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