- BCM – Billion Cubic Meters
- CRU – Climate Research Unit
- DRC – Democratic Republic of Congo
- EAC – East African Community
- ENSAP – Eastern Nile Subsidiary Action Program
- ENTRO – Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office
- ESA – European Space Agency
- ET – Evapotranspiration
- FAO – Food and Agriculture Organisation
- FAOSTAT – Food and Agriculture Organisation Statistical Databases
- FDFC – Flood Diagnostics and Forecasting Center, Kenya
- GCM – Global circulation Model
- GDP – Gross Domestic Product
- GIS – Geographic Information System
- GNI – Gross National Income
- GW – Gigawatt
- GWh – Gigawatt Hour
- Ha – Hectare
- HDI – Human Development Index
- HDR – Human Development Report
- HYDROMET – Hydro-meteorological survey of the Equatorial Lakes
- IGAD – Intergovernmental Authority on Development
- IGAD-HYCOS IGAD- Hydrological Cycle Observation System
- IGEBU – Institut Géographique du Burundi
- IGRAC – International Groundwater Resources Assessment Center
- ITCZ – Intertropical Convergence Zone
- IWRM – Integrated Water Resources Management
- Km – Kilometers
- Km2 – Square Kilometers
- KV – Kilovolts
- KWh – Kilowatt hour
- L – Litres
- LVBC – Lake Victoria Basin Commision
- LVEMP – Lake Victoria Environmental Management Program M Meters
- METTELSAT – Agence Nationale de Meteorologgie et de Teledetection par Satellite
- MERIS – Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
- NBI – Nile Basin Initiative
- NELSAP – Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program
- Nile-COM – Nile Council of Water Ministers
- Nile-SEC – Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat
- Nile-TAC – Nile Technical Advisory Committee
- NTEAP – Nile Transboundary Environmental Action Program
- PET – Potential Evapotranspiration
- PPP – Purchasing Power Parity
- SADC – Southern Africa Development Community
- TECCONILE – Technical Cooperation for the Promotion of the Development and Environmental Protection of the Nile Basin
- TRMM – Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
- UNDP – United Nations Development Program