Bathymetric Survey of Lake Kivu
The Rwandese Ministry of Public Works commissioned a joint venture with Lahmeyer International as leading firm with the bathymetric survey and mapping of lake Kivu with an area of 2700 km². Aim of this World Bank project was to quantify the large supplies of methane gas and carbon dioxide dissolved in the deep water.
Client:
Ministry of Public Works, Kigali
Period:
1997 - 1999
Services:
- Depth measurements and determination of sediment thickness using the echo-sounder system CHIRP II
- Positioning with satellite navigation systems GPS und GLONASS
- Production of 220 sea charts at scale 1:5,000 und 25 sediment thickness maps at scale 1:25,000
- Training of local staff
- Synopsis of all previous geophysical and technological studies
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