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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PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 22 November 2023
from within individual river basins alone and, where this is not possible, quantified how much groundwater would be required. Approximately 2.6 billion people live in river basins where groundwater is needed … insufficient surface water to meet human needs and the ESB. Approximately 1.4 billion people live in river basins where demand-side transformations would be required as they either exceed the surface water ESB … groundwater recharge and cannot meet minimum needs within the ESB. A further 1.5 billion people live in river basins outside the ESB, with insufficient surface water to meet minimum needs, requiring both supply- …
HPA: Water Policy Association · 21 November 2023 English
Global Stocktake Effective and sustainable transboundary water cooperation helps to address climate change more effectively by analyzing transboundary risks, reducing uncertainties through exchange of data, enlarging the planning space, developing …
water and water-related ecosystems, including river basins, aquifers and lakes, and urges Parties to further …
World Bank Group · 17 November 2023 English
World Bank Group · 17 November 2023 English
/ Studies on saline ingress ion in selected river basins of Kerala and the impact/exten d of sea water …
World Bank Group · 16 November 2023 English
The Kenya Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) aims to identify the impact of climate change on Kenya’s economy. Through robust and rigorous analyses that cover climate impact modeling across …
environmental flows. In the Athi, Tana, and Rift Valley River Basins, planned irrigation scheme expansions (>140 … is opportunity to expand irrigation in other river basins, such as Lake Victoria North and South, without …
15 November 2023 English
Programme Strategy Environment Programme Latest update: 1 September 2023 Safeguarding our future by restoring our connection to nature, and changing the ways we feed and fuel our world Oak Foundation …
rights abuses. This includes a focus such as river basins, and supports symbiotic in the nations with …
World Bank Group · 15 November 2023 English
an average year and is entirely composed of river basins.5 Conversely, the Country is also vulnerable … Ghazal, Bahr el Jebel, and Baro-Akobo-Sobat River Basins, which converge into a fourth, the Upper Nile …
World Bank Group · 15 November 2023 English
This CCDR is divided into five chapters: chapter 1 focuses on Kenya’s development context and the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, analyzing the characteristics of key sectors of …
environmental flows. In the Athi, Tana, and Rift Valley River Basins, planned irrigation scheme expansions (>140 … is opportunity to expand irrigation in other river basins, such as Lake Victoria North and South, without …
World Bank Group · 15 November 2023 English
This CCDR is divided into five chapters: chapter 1 focuses on Kenya’s development context and the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, analyzing the characteristics of key sectors of …
to development in the Athi and Rift Valley River Basins, making these areas climate vulnerable. However …
CDRI: Cambodia Development Resource Institute · 15 November 2023 English
The report illuminates the political economy of land-water resources in the floodplains around the Tonle Sap Lake which constitutes the upper part of the Mekong River Delta and shares seasonal …
decree aims to manage, conserve and develop river basins to be more effective and sustainable in accordance …
