Addi Asme'e Explained

Addi Asme’e
Coords:13.6471°N 38.9644°W
Type:Freshwater artificial lake
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Basin Countries:Ethiopia
Cities:Abiy Addi

Addi Asme’e is a reservoir located in the Kola Tembien woreda of the Tigray Region in Ethiopia. The earthen dam that holds the reservoir was built in 1994, with a dam crest length of 287 metres.[1]

Environment

The reservoir suffers from rapid siltation.[2] The lithology of the catchment is Precambrian metamorphic rock.[1]

See also: Soil in Kola Tembien.

Notes and References

  1. Book: De Wit . Joke . Stuwmeren in Tigray (Noord-Ethiopië): kenmerken, sedimentatie en sediment-bronnen. Unpub. M.Sc. thesis . 2003 . Department of Geography, K.U.Leuven.
  2. Nigussie Haregeweyn . and colleagues . Reservoirs in Tigray: characteristics and sediment deposition problems . Land Degradation and Development . 2006 . 17 . 211–230 . 10.1002/ldr.698 . 129834993 . free .

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