Journal article
Assessing the impacts of climate change on climatic extremes in the Congo River Basin
Abstract
Abstract
The Congo River Basin, located in central Africa, is the second-largest river basin in the world, after the Amazon. It has a drainage area of approximately 3.7 M km2 and is home to 75 million people. A significant part of the population is exposed to recurrent floods and droughts, and climate change is likely to worsen these events. Climate change studies of the Congo River basin have so far focused on annual and seasonal …
Authors
Karam S; Seidou O; Nagabhatla N; Perera D; Tshimanga RM
Journal
Climatic Change, Vol. 170, No. 3-4,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2 2022
DOI
10.1007/s10584-022-03326-x
ISSN
0165-0009