TITLE:
Integrated Watershed Management and Sedimentation
AUTHORS:
Molla Mekonnen Alemu
KEYWORDS:
Integrated, Watershed, Soil, Water Conservation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.7 No.4,
March
9,
2016
ABSTRACT: Environmental development and protection
measures such as feasibility studies, land-use planning and soil and water
conservation are some of the issues that need to be considered in watersheds
management. Apparently, integrated watershed management is emerging as an
approach for the sustained development and management of natural resources. The
integral enactment of different environmental frameworks, strategies and
policies could positively impact watershed- based developmental approaches.
Sediment which is brought through water erosion can hamper the proper
functioning of waterways as well as the quality of water in dams. Knowhow on
soil erosion and the sedimentation process is among the requisites that need to
be considered for the control of sedimentation. Other elements like climate,
edaphic factors, land management, topography, and land cover, etc. will also
determine the sedimentation process. Integrated Watershed Management approach
is a worthy approach to manage the ecological, social and economic watershed
development challenges in countries like Ethiopia. Thus, this article is
intended to assess watershed characteristics that will help to explore the
possibilities of reducing sedimentation and its related effects.