English to Spanish Social Sciences Geography

Contexto: informe sobre recursos hídricos en el mundo.

As most of the rivers in Ethiopia flow in deep gorges, floods have not traditionally been a common phenomenon. However, due to massive deforestation and loss in surface vegetation, flooding now annually occurs in some areas, such as in the banks of the Blue Nile River and in the vast plains of the Baro Akobo Basin in the country’s southwestern region. Although sometimes associated with economic and social damages, floods provide much needed water to ensure the fertility of grazelands, ***making them anticipated events***, especially for nomads, whose incomes are dependant on animal husbandry.