African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0786
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 1129

Full Length Research Paper

Indications of the changing nature of rainfall in Ethiopia: The example of the 1st decade of 21st century

Lemma Bekele
  • Lemma Bekele
  • Geography Department, Kotebe Univesity College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 07 September 2014
  •  Accepted: 07 January 2015
  •  Published: 08 February 2015

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