River Basins
A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water. The drainage basin includes all the surface water from rain runoff, snowmelt, hail, sleet and nearby streams that run downslope towards the shared outlet, as well as the groundwater underneath the earth's surface. Drainage basins connect into other drainage basins at lower elevations in a hierarchical pattern, with smaller sub-drainage basins, which in turn drain into another common outlet.Other terms for drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river …
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WGCS: Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists · 24 July 2024 English
The "Blueprint to Repair Australia's Landscapes" is a comprehensive report that outlines a strategic approach for a 30-year investment aimed at restoring the health, productivity, and resilience of Australia's natural …
degraded catchments. We can restore ailing river basins by recovering surface and groundwater in overallocated …
WGCS: Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists · 24 July 2024 English
The Wentworth Group, together with experts from academia, government and business, has developed a Blueprint to Repair Australia’s Landscapes. The Blueprint describes a suite of 24 practical actions and investments, …
degraded water catchments: We can restore ailing river basins by recovering surface and groundwater in overallocated …
RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 20 July 2024 English
It was noted in the Food Security Policy Research, the objectives of the Conference sessions that the agricultural sector Capacity, and Influence (PRCI), and underlined the key areas in the …
Diary July 2024 POLICY DIALOGUES International River Basins and International Cooperation On 15 April 2024 … t h e r n o t e d t h e within international river basins an insightful lecture on international differentiation … differentiation within academic remains relatively rare. river basins and international r e s e a r c h b a s e d … macro, sub-regional, or within international river basins University of Technology Tawan-ok micro-regionalism …
World Bank Group · 16 July 2024 English
cyclones to droughts and flooding. Given its vast river basins, reliance on agricultural production, prevalent …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 10 July 2024 English
The Climate Change and issues of Himalayan range is made up of three human health in Himalayas parallel ranges often referred to as the Greater Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas, Climate …
weather stays dry for water flow of 12 major river basins longer durations. originating in the HKH. However …
World Bank Group · 27 June 2024 English
Vulnerability to climate change and water scarcity is increasing globally. How this affects individual employment outcomes is still not well understood. Using survey data collected from approximately half a million …
Africa such as the Niger, Senegal and Volta river basins. On the other hand, Column 2 suggests that regions …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 27 June 2024 English
This report outlines the cascading environmental, social, and economic impacts of aquatic biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia and recommends ways to develop scalable projects that tackle river pollution and support …
System 8 4 Pollution Status of the River Basins of Southeast Asia against European Comparators … 3). The Solution The relevance of resilient river basins in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals—particularly … applying integrated approaches and managing river basins as unified ecological units. It also necessitates … the pollution status of these Southeast Asian river basins alongside their global comparators. This framework … Freshwater quality. Table 4: Pollution Status of the River Basins of Southeast Asia against European Comparators …
World Bank Group · 27 June 2024 English
country’s hydrology spans four international river basins: (i) the Niger basin (47% of the country area); …
World Bank Group · 26 June 2024 English
assets protected against flood risk in priority river basins. Current MPA Program Development Objective Proposed … Yes ADDED: Flood hazard maps developed for river basins (Number) Added as one of the key outputs contributing …
World Bank Group · 26 June 2024 English
Vulnerability to climate change and water scarcity is increasing globally. How this affects individual employment outcomes is still not well understood. Using survey data collected from approximately half a million …
Africa such as the Niger, Senegal and Volta river basins. On the other hand, Column 2 suggests that regions …
