Hydrological modeling of the Congo River basin: Asoil-water balance approach

• CHAPTER ONE
  
  • 1.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY
    
  • 1.1 Introduction
    
  • 1.2 Statement of problem
    
  • 1.3 Research objectives
    
  • 1.4 Importance of study
    
  • 1.5 Organisation of the thesis
    
• CHAPTER TWO
  
  • 2.0 OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA
    
  • 2.1 The Study Area
    
  • 2.2 Physiography
    
  • 2.3 Hydrology
    
  • 2.4 Climate
    
  • 2.5 Soils
    
  • 2.6 Land cover/use and Population density
    
  • 2.7 Geology
    
• CHAPTER THREE
  
  • 3.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
    
  • 3.1 Hydrological models
    
  • 3.2 Water Balance Model approaches
    
  • 3.3 Potential evapotranspiration (ETp) and Effective rainfall determination
    
• CHAPTER FOUR
  
  • 4.0 METHODOLOGY
    
  • 4.1 Watershed and streams characteristics
    
  • 4.2 Watershed and drainage network Processing Method
    
  • 4.3 DEM-Hydro processing output maps
    
  • 4.4 Watershed characteristics
    
  • 4.5 GIS-Based Hydrological Model Development
    
• CHAPTER FIVE
  
  • 5.0 MODEL APPLICATION, DATA PRESENATTION AND INTERPRETATION RESULTS
    
  • 5.2 Initial soil moisture
    
  • 5.3 Data presentation and Interpretation results
    
• CHAPTER SIX
  
  • 6.2 Recommendations
    
• REFERENCES
  
• APPENDICES