The Atlas of WaterCovering the global picture, this book provides an overview of our water consumption, as well as highlighting the scarcity and quality of our most critical resource in vulnerable regions such as California, the Middle East and India. |
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... China 1975 43,300 Repeated resettlement caused by rising water tables , erosion and lack of drinking water Three Gorges , China 1.9 million plus 640 - km long lake will impinge on 20 million people ; downstream 300 million protected ...
... China 1975 43,300 Repeated resettlement caused by rising water tables , erosion and lack of drinking water Three Gorges , China 1.9 million plus 640 - km long lake will impinge on 20 million people ; downstream 300 million protected ...
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... China US $ 600 million a year in lost coal production , and restricted the citizens of Taiyuan to only 25 litres of water a day . Diversion of water from the Yellow River to Taiyuan through 300 km of tunnels to an elevation of 636 ...
... China US $ 600 million a year in lost coal production , and restricted the citizens of Taiyuan to only 25 litres of water a day . Diversion of water from the Yellow River to Taiyuan through 300 km of tunnels to an elevation of 636 ...
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... china.org.cn/english/China/46341.htm > River fragmentation World Resources Institute , Watersheds of the World . 14 Degree of river fragmentation and flow regulation < www.iucn.org/themes/wani/eatlas/ > 62-63 DRAINING WETLANDS ...
... china.org.cn/english/China/46341.htm > River fragmentation World Resources Institute , Watersheds of the World . 14 Degree of river fragmentation and flow regulation < www.iucn.org/themes/wani/eatlas/ > 62-63 DRAINING WETLANDS ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
About the authors | 17 |
MORE PEOPLE LESS WATER | 23 |
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AFGHANISTAN agriculture ALGERIA amount of water ANGOLA ZAMBIA aquifers areas ARGENTINA Asia BANGLADESH BELARUS BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REP CHILE COLOMBIA CONGO contaminated cubic metres dams desalination developing countries disease DJIBOUTI domestic DOMINICAN drinking water ECUADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA flood fresh water GABON groundwater GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA hectares HONDURAS HUNGARY hydropower India INDONESIA industrial IRAN IRAQ irrigation Israel JAMAICA JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA kilometres km³ KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LEBANON LESOTHO LITHUANIA litres m³ per person MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MAURITANIA Mexico mg/litre million MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO ALGERIA MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NAMIBIA BOTSWANA NEPAL NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU BRAZIL PHILIPPINES pollutants population renewable water REPUBLIC rivers ROMANIA RUSSIA sanitation SENEGAL GAMBIA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA CHINA SRI LANKA SUDAN SYRIA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Turkey TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA wastewater water resources water supply wetlands World Water YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE