Groundwater-related data from basement aquifers in the Romwe Catchment, Southern Zimbabwe

These files include hydrochemical data and groundwater level time series for a number of boreholes and wells within the basement aquifers of the Romwe catchment. For each borehole/well there are associated depth, geology and use data. A time series study of abstraction was also carried out for a subset of wells. Time series rainfall data for a rain gauge in the catchment is also included. These data were collected through a series of projects: Small scale irrigation using collector wells: pilot project (CEH/BGS/Zimbabwe Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Water Development; DfID funded) Sustainability of yield from wells and boreholes in hard rock aquifers (BGS; DfID funded) Regional groundwater recharge assessment in semi-arid areas (CEH/BGS; DfID-funded) The Hydrology of a dry land catchment in southern Zimbabwe, and the effects of climatic and land use change on shallow groundwater resources (PhD project, Uni. Reading/CEH) Integrated Catchment Management and Sustainable Water Resource Development in Semi-arid Zimbabwe (PhD project, Uni. Reading/CEH) Note: CEH (Center of Ecology and Hydrology) was known as ‘IH’ during the period of the study
 
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. Groundwater-related data from basement aquifers in the Romwe Catchment, Southern Zimbabwe. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9505fe19-e12e-380d-e054-002128a47908

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2019
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http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607535

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Ground water recharge , Water supply , Groundwater , Aquifers
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  • NERC_DDC
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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English English
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  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ZIMBABWE [id=677000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
ZW

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
ZWE

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

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OGP / GEOG

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

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2011
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2010-12-08
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false
Statement
Large areas of the world are underlain by crystalline basement rock of igneous or metamorphic origin, for many people in arid and semi-arid areas these aquifers are seasonally important. Romwe Catchment was a site at which a number of projects undertook complementary research to assess controls on recharge to and yield from weathered basement aquifers. A range of data were collected including rainfall, groundwater levels and water chemistry of groundwaters, surface waters and precipitation. A geological map was also produced for the study area. Full methodology for the study can be found within the outputs from this work.

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2021-01-14
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UK GEMINI
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2.3

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