Lake levels and glaciers : indicators of the changing rainfall in the mountains of East Africa

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Author(s)

  • C. E. Vincent
  • T. D. Davies
  • P. Brimblecombe
  • A. K C Beresford

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-216
Journal / PublicationQuaternary and environmental research on East African mountains
Publication statusPublished - 1989
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Changes in the level of Lake Naivasha have been well documented for >50yr and some measurements are available back to the 1880's. A simple water balance model has been constructed for Lake Naivasha. The model has been calibrated against local precipitation, evaporation and river inflow data for the period 1960-75. The model indicates that the average precipitation in this region of Kenya a) during the last decade of the last century ws 0.15m y-1 greater than the average for the 1935-75 period and b) during the pluvial period 10-12 000 BP was around 0.35m y-1 greater than the average for 1935-75, and that these increases were similar both around Naivasha and in the mountains of western Kenya. -from Authors