Articles | Volume 384
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-384-337-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-384-337-2021
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16 Nov 2021
Pre-conference publication |  | 16 Nov 2021

Impact of climate change on hydropower potential of the Lagdo dam, Benue River Basin, Northern Cameroon

Rodric M. Nonki, André Lenouo, Clément Tchawoua, Christopher J. Lennard, and Ernest Amoussou

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This study aims to assess the potential impacts of climate change on hydropower potential of the Lagdo dam. The results reveal that under global warming, the hydropower potential of the dam will decrease which is the result of the reduced precipitation and increase of PET, thus decrease in streamflow in the basin. This result will be take into account for future development planning in the basin.