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Indus River: Water Scarcity And The Conflict Between Sindh And Punjab
March 3rd, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, an article on water conflicts on the Indus: Satellite image of the Indus River basin in Pakistan, India, and China. The basic source of irrigation for Pakistan agriculture is the Indus River. Water resources are becoming shorter due to the irregular flow of water in the Indus River. To overcome the problem […]
Read more »Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan And Ethiopia
March 3rd, 2013
From the Elliott School of International Affairs, a slightly dated – but comprehensive – overview of the Nile Basin relationships: Nile Geography and Hydrology The Nile River is the longest in the world while the Nile Basin covers 1.3 million square miles, making it slightly larger than India. There are ten riparian countries — Egypt, […]
Read more »Mekong Hydropower Projects Will Accumulate 16 Percent Of River’s Water
February 26th, 2013
Courtesy of OOSKA News, an article on the potential impact that hydropower projects planned within the Mekong River basin could have upon flows: If the hydropower projects planned within the Mekong River basin are completed, they will accumulate as much as 16 percent of the river’s water volume, or 475 billion cubic meters a year, […]
Read more »Mexico: Potential Drought Crisis In Coming Months
February 26th, 2013
Via OOSKA News, an article on Mexico’s water crisis: Mexico could face a crisis due to drought and lack of water supply in the next few months, a Mexican legislator warned last week. Kamel Athié Flores, president of the Potable Water and Sanitation Committee for Mexico’s Congress of the Union (Mexico’s legislative branch), said the […]
Read more »Tajikistan Negotiating To Resolve Central Asian Water Feud
February 23rd, 2013
Via Bloomberg, an article on Tajikistan’s efforts to strike an agreement with its neighbors over water use: Tajikistan, which will host a United Nations summit on international water in August, is negotiating with neighbors to end a feud in the Amu Darya River basin where it plans to build the tallest hydroelectric dam. Efforts by […]
Read more »Who Owns The Nile? Egypt, Sudan, And Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam
February 22nd, 2013
Courtesy of Origins, an article on arguments over control of the Nile: Emperor Haile Selassie was offended by President Nasser’s exclusion of Ethiopia in the Nile Waters Agreement and in planning for building the Aswan Dam. He negotiated the 1959 divorce of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church from the Orthodox Church in Alexandria, ending 1600 years […]
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