A Reconnaissance Survey of Irrigation Potential in MalawiLand Resources Division, Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Ministry of Overseas Development, 1967 - Irrigation - 69 pages |
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Page 14
... discharge measurements . The highest flow measured by current meter was 1324 cusecs at a gauge height of 4.92 ' . As a gauge height of 10.0 or more has been recorded in 6 of the past 7 years it is most desirable that a few measurements ...
... discharge measurements . The highest flow measured by current meter was 1324 cusecs at a gauge height of 4.92 ' . As a gauge height of 10.0 or more has been recorded in 6 of the past 7 years it is most desirable that a few measurements ...
Page 43
... discharge records are available . However , if it is intended to start the settlement of Young iioneers in the area it nevertheless might be considered worthwhile to photograph and mar it in the immediate future , as part of a contract ...
... discharge records are available . However , if it is intended to start the settlement of Young iioneers in the area it nevertheless might be considered worthwhile to photograph and mar it in the immediate future , as part of a contract ...
Page 52
... discharge into the lake . The outflows are very large ; of the rivers emptying into the lake on the western side , only those of the Songwe and the South Rukuru are larger . Nevertheless the Linthipe is barely perennial . Gauging ...
... discharge into the lake . The outflows are very large ; of the rivers emptying into the lake on the western side , only those of the Songwe and the South Rukuru are larger . Nevertheless the Linthipe is barely perennial . Gauging ...
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acres aerial photographs agricultural appear approximately carried catchment considerable considered contact prints contour maps cost cultivation cusecs dambo land discharge downstream drainage dry season cropping dry season flow Dwambazi Dwangwa economic established estimated favourable feasible ft.-contour gauge height gauging station Hara Henga Valley Hills hydro-electric irrigable land Irrigation Branch irrigation development irrigation potential irrigation scheme Karonga Lakeshore Kasitu Kasungu Lake Chilwa Lake Malawi Lakeshore Plain Lilongwe Limpasa dambo Linthipe lower reaches Luweya mouth Mzimba Nkhata Bay Nkhota Kota Nyungwe obtained perennial streams pilot scheme portion possible pre-investment study present production proposed pumping rain gauge rainfall recommended records region relatively rice growing run-of-river irrigation Salima Salima district sampling scale Shire River shore small perennial streams smallholder soil survey Songwe River square miles storage sufficient suggested suitable supplementary irrigation topography total area tract upstream UTMG coordinates vicinity wet season Wovwe