Inventory of shared water resources in western Asia /

This publication is the first UN-led effort to make a comprehensive assessment of the state of transboundary surface and groundwater resources in the Middle East. It follows a standardized structure, with eight surface water chapters and 19 groundwater chapters that systematically address hydrology,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : United Nations Publications, 2013.
Temas:
Water-supply > Middle East.
Groundwater > Middle East.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Groundwater.
Water-supply.
Middle East.
Water.
International watercourses.
Shared natural resources.
Surface waters.
E-docs.
Water-supply -- > Middle East -- > Development planning
Groundwater -- > Middle East -- > Regional development
Water resources management -- > Middle East -- > Sustainable development
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview
  • Overview and methodology: surface water
  • Euphrates River basin
  • Shared tributaries of the Euphrates River
  • Tigris River basin
  • Shared tributaries of the Tigris River
  • Shatt Al Arab, Karkheh and Karun Rivers
  • Jordan River basin
  • Orontes River basin
  • Nahr El Kabir basin
  • Qweik River basin
  • Overview and methodology: groundwater
  • Saq-Ram aquifer system (west)
  • Wajid Aquifer system
  • Wasia-Biyadh-Aruma aquifer system (south): Tawila-Mahra/cretaceous sands
  • Wasia-Biyadh-Aruma aquifer system (north): Sakaka-Rutba
  • Umm er Radhuma-Dammam aquifer system (south): Rub' al Khali
  • Umm er Radhuma-Dammam aquifer (centre): Gulf
  • Umm er Radhuma-Dammam aquifer system (north): Widyan-Salman
  • Tawl-Quaternary aquifer system: Wadi Sirhan basin
  • Anti-Lebanon
  • Western aquifer basin
  • Coastal aquifer basin
  • Basalt aquifer system (west): Yarmouk basin
  • Basalt aquifer system (south): Azraq-Dhuleil basin
  • Taurus-Zagros
  • Jezira Tertiary limestone aquifer system
  • Neogene aquifer system (north-west), Upper and lower Fars: Jezira basin
  • Neogene aquifer system (south-east), Dibdibba-Kuwait group: Dibdibba Delta basin.

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