Table 2.
Summary of cumulative reservoir shoreline and population living close to small dam reservoirs in the Volta, Limpopo, Zambezi and Omo-Turkana basins.
| Basins | Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | |||||
| Total reservoir shoreline (km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | Total reservoir shoreline (km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | Total reservoir shoreline (km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | Total reservoir shoreline (km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | |
| Volta | 1801 | 2,422,651 | 1819 | 2,816,103 | 1836 | 3,289,095 | 1852 | 4,170,071 |
| Limpopo | 2065 | 1,077,956 | 2065 | 1,270,306 | 2065 | 1,523,519 | 2105 | 1,844,046 |
| Zambezi | 4767 | 3,732,630 | 4777 | 3,857, 963 | 4795 | 4,106,999 | 4823 | 6,116,575 |
| Omo-Turkana | 53 | 60,512 | 57 | 81,311 | 59 | 104,831 | 60 | 126,287 |
| Grand total | 8686 | 7,286,749 | 8718 | 8,025,683 | 8755 | 9,024,444 | 8840 | 12,256,979 |