Some hydrologic investigations in Africa

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Abstract
In the arid regions of the tropical zone, surface runoff rarely provides an answer to the problems of water supply. Under prevailing conditions, evaporation (about 13 ft. per year) would absorb the greater part of the water which could be stored in dams. It is none the less necessary to study this form of flow for the following reasons: in the particular case of very deep gorges traditional type reservoirs may be envisaged; knowledge of certain data pertaining to surface hydrology is necessary to the creation of reserves in the sands of river beds; the ground water recharge cannot be studied from the quantitative aspect unless measurements of the various processes of the water cycle are recorded.

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