Table 5: Irrigation potential by groundwater in the river basins of Ethiopia.

Basin

 

Groundwater storage (mm)

Aquifer productivity yield (l/s)

Groundwater depth (m)

Potential irrigable land (km2)

Abbay

5,706

3.8

13.7

21,186

Tekeze

4,793

4.1

23.4

1,782

Baro-Akobo

 11,070

2.0

13.2

2,603

Omo-Ghibe

 7,321

4.4

17.9

10,512

Rift Valley

7,0874

4.6

19.6

1,782

Awash

 11,847

5.6

38.8

7,331

Genale-Dawa

 15,245

3.2

35.7

208

Wabi-Shebele

 16,624

1.6

49.2

4,868

Danakil

 7,663

5.7

82.4

523

Ogaden

 17,837

1.0

83.0

8,235

Ayisha

 12,611

6.6

71.2

-

Total

 

 

 

60,024

Source: Worqlul, et al. [47]