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Addi Asme'e

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.

Environment

The reservoir suffers from rapid siltation. The lithology of the catchment is Precambrian metamorphic rock.

References

  1. ^ De Wit, Joke (2003). Stuwmeren in Tigray (Noord-Ethiopië): kenmerken, sedimentatie en sediment-bronnen. Unpub. M.Sc. thesis. Department of Geography, K.U.Leuven.
  2. ^ Nigussie Haregeweyn, and colleagues (2006). "Reservoirs in Tigray: characteristics and sediment deposition problems". Land Degradation and Development. 17: 211–230. doi:10.1002/ldr.698. S2CID 129834993.