Long-Term Evolution of Rainfall and Its Consequences on Water Resources: Application to the Watershed of the Kara River (Northern Togo)

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 12; p. 1976
• Main Authors: Ani, Mozimwè, Jaunat, Jessy, Marin, Béatrice, Barel, Marie, Gnandi, Kissao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Aquatic resources; Aquifers; base flow; Climate change; climatology; decision support systems; Drought; Droughts; Earth Sciences; evolution; France; groundwater; Hydrology; meteorological data; overland flow; Precipitation; Precipitation variability; Rain; Rain and rainfall; Rivers; Sciences of the Universe; Seasons; temporal variation; Togo; Water balance (Hydrology); Water shortages; Water supply; Water, Underground; Watersheds; Togo; France; Benin; Africa; aquifer recharge; climatic break; western Africa; drought; climate change

The Kara River watershed (KRW), northern Togo, is facing climate-change impacts that have never been clearly characterized. Six decades of rainfall data (1961–2020) from six measuring stations ideally distributed across the watershed were used in this study. The flow records from two stations situat...