Inventory of shared water resources in western Asia
By: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) ; Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Contributors: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 606
ISBN-13: 9789211283617
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Water-supply; Groundwater
Description: 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, hydrogeology, water resources development and use, international water agreements and transboundary water management efforts. The chapters cover all rivers and groundwater resources shared between Arab countries in the Middle East and include data on water resources that are shared with Iran, Israel and Turkey. Boasting over 50 new maps and 200 figures, tables and boxes with recent, comprehensive data series, the Inventory provides an up-to-date view of the state and evolution of shared water resources in the region -- P. 4. of cover.
Notes: Sales No.: E.13.II.L.4 -- Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Overview and methodology: surface water; title: Euphrates River basin; title: Shared tributaries of the Euphrates River; title: Tigris River basin; title: Shared tributaries of the Tigris River; title: Shatt Al Arab, Karkheh and Karun Rivers; title: Jordan River basin; title: Orontes River basin; title: Nahr El Kabir basin; title: Qweik River basin; title: Overview and methodology: groundwater; title: Saq-Ram aquifer system (west); title: Wajid Aquifer system; title: Wasia-Biyadh-Aruma aquifer system (south): Tawila-Mahra/cretaceous sands; title: Wasia-Biyadh-Aruma aquifer system (north): Sakaka-Rutba; title: Umm er Radhuma-Dammam aquifer system (south): Rub' al Khali; title: Umm er Radhuma-Dammam aquifer (centre): Gulf; title: Umm er Radhuma-Dammam aquifer system (north): Widyan-Salman; title: Tawl-Quaternary aquifer system: Wadi Sirhan basin; title: Anti-Lebanon; title: Western aquifer basin; title: Coastal aquifer basin; title: Basalt aquifer system (west): Yarmouk basin; title: Basalt aquifer system (south): Azraq-Dhuleil basin; title: Taurus-Zagros; title: Jezira Tertiary limestone aquifer system; title: Neogene aquifer system (north-west), Upper and lower Fars: Jezira basin; title: Neogene aquifer system (south-east), Dibdibba-Kuwait group: Dibdibba Delta basin.