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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... PAKISTAN 34 % Pakistan 50 % 53 % Iran India 69 % INDIA MONGOLIA BANGLADESH CHINA JAPAN SOUTH KOREA VIETNAM THAILAND PHILIPPINES MALAYSIA Bangladesh Groundwater for irrigation Percentage of groundwater used for irrigation 2000 selected ...
... PAKISTAN 34 % Pakistan 50 % 53 % Iran India 69 % INDIA MONGOLIA BANGLADESH CHINA JAPAN SOUTH KOREA VIETNAM THAILAND PHILIPPINES MALAYSIA Bangladesh Groundwater for irrigation Percentage of groundwater used for irrigation 2000 selected ...
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... PAKISTAN CHAD NIGER ERITREA YEMEN SUDAN DJIBOUTI BURKINA FASD NIGERIA SÃO TOMÉ Et PRINCIPE INDIA MONGOLIA NORTH KOREA JAPAN SOUTH KOREA CHINA BHUTAN NEPAL BANGLADESH BURMA LAOS Salinity This is estimated to affect 23 % of irrigated land ...
... PAKISTAN CHAD NIGER ERITREA YEMEN SUDAN DJIBOUTI BURKINA FASD NIGERIA SÃO TOMÉ Et PRINCIPE INDIA MONGOLIA NORTH KOREA JAPAN SOUTH KOREA CHINA BHUTAN NEPAL BANGLADESH BURMA LAOS Salinity This is estimated to affect 23 % of irrigated land ...
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... Pakistan Water table is dropping by 1 metre per year Baluchistan , Pakistan Water table is dropping by 3.5 metres per year Libya 1 billion cubic metres of water per year is being mined by Libya from beneath the Sahara and piped to its ...
... Pakistan Water table is dropping by 1 metre per year Baluchistan , Pakistan Water table is dropping by 3.5 metres per year Libya 1 billion cubic metres of water per year is being mined by Libya from beneath the Sahara and piped to its ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
About the authors | 17 |
MORE PEOPLE LESS WATER | 23 |
Copyright | |
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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