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The lower Krishna Basin trajectory: relationships between basin development and downstream environmental degradation.
Language: en
Pages: 38
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Categories: Watershed management
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: IWMI

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Basin water development and rural dynamics in the Krishna Basin have led to a degradation of downstream ecosystems manifesting itself by salinizing soil and gro
Shifting Waterscapes: Explaining Basin Closure in the Lower Krishna Basin, South India
Language: en
Pages: 60
Authors: Jean-Philippe Venot
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Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: IWMI

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Progressive agricultural and water development in the Krishna Basin in South India has led to a rising over commitment of water resources and signs of basin clo
Closing of the Krishna Basin: Irrigation, streamflow depletion and macroscale hydrology
Language: en
Pages: 48
Authors: Biggs, Trent, Gaur, Anju, Scott, C., Thenkabail, Prasad, Gangadhara Rao, Parthasaradhi, Gumma, Murali Krishna, Acharya, Sreedhar, Turral, Hugh
Categories: Irrigation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: IWMI

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Discharge from the Krishna River into the ocean decreased by 75 percent from 1960-2005, and was zero during a recent multi-year drought. This paper describes th
From Mesopotamia to the third millennium: the historical trajectory of water development and use in the Karkheh River Basin, Iran
Language: en
Pages: 56
Authors: Sara Marjanizadeh
Categories: Watershed management
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-13 - Publisher: IWMI

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The Karkheh River Basin is the third largest basin in Iran after Karoon and Dez, and occupies a strategic position on the western boundary of the country. The b
Nile River Basin
Language: en
Pages: 419
Authors: Assefa M. Melesse
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-28 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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This book presents results of scientific studies ranging from hydrological modelling to water management and policy issues in the Nile River basin. It examines