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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... land As percentage of total arable and permanent crop area 2000 76 % - 100 % 51 % -75 % CANADA 26 % -50 % 11 % -25 % 10 % or less no data Land turned salty by irrigation where known 10,000 km2 or more 100 km2 9,900 km2 MEXICO USA CUBA ...
... land As percentage of total arable and permanent crop area 2000 76 % - 100 % 51 % -75 % CANADA 26 % -50 % 11 % -25 % 10 % or less no data Land turned salty by irrigation where known 10,000 km2 or more 100 km2 9,900 km2 MEXICO USA CUBA ...
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... land is usually more productive than non - irrigated land , but poorly managed irrigation can lead to water logged or infertile soil . GEORGIA KYRGYZSTAN AZERBAUAN UZBEKISTAN ... land is usually more productive than non-irrigated land,
... land is usually more productive than non - irrigated land , but poorly managed irrigation can lead to water logged or infertile soil . GEORGIA KYRGYZSTAN AZERBAUAN UZBEKISTAN ... land is usually more productive than non-irrigated land,
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... land , such as deforestation or over - grazing , exacerbates the process of desertification . Dried - out topsoil is simply blown away , and the land is permanently degraded . Climate change , linked to the emission of greenhouse gases ...
... land , such as deforestation or over - grazing , exacerbates the process of desertification . Dried - out topsoil is simply blown away , and the land is permanently degraded . Climate change , linked to the emission of greenhouse gases ...
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