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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... evaporated from the land and oceans by the sun's heat , which turns liquid water into water vapour . In the ... evaporates from the oceans falls on land , feeding the rivers , watering the soil , and restocking the underground aquifers ...
... evaporated from the land and oceans by the sun's heat , which turns liquid water into water vapour . In the ... evaporates from the oceans falls on land , feeding the rivers , watering the soil , and restocking the underground aquifers ...
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... evaporation before the water has served any useful purpose . MEXICO 4 GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR HONDURAS CUBA DOMINICAN REP JAMAICA HAITI M NICARAGUA COSTA RICA Hydropower in China PANAMA ECUADOR COLOMBIA VENEZUELA PERU BRAZIL CHILE More ...
... evaporation before the water has served any useful purpose . MEXICO 4 GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR HONDURAS CUBA DOMINICAN REP JAMAICA HAITI M NICARAGUA COSTA RICA Hydropower in China PANAMA ECUADOR COLOMBIA VENEZUELA PERU BRAZIL CHILE More ...
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... evaporation . In drip irrigation , water is fed through hoses or pipes under pressure , and drips through holes or nozzles . Loss through evaporation is just 5 % , and because water can be directed to the roots of plants , it usually ...
... evaporation . In drip irrigation , water is fed through hoses or pipes under pressure , and drips through holes or nozzles . Loss through evaporation is just 5 % , and because water can be directed to the roots of plants , it usually ...
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