Rivers

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in …

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UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 29 October 2024 English

Programme (UNEP) has been working on monitoring and evaluating plastic pollution, particularly in rivers, since 2019, with funding from the Government of Japan. Our current project, titled "Strengthening stages of the project, the focus was primarily on monitoring and evaluating plastic pollution in rivers and supporting capacity development for the further implementation of those practices. However, to

and evaluating plastic pollution, particularly in rivers, since 2019, with funding from the Government of monitoring and evaluating plastic pollution in rivers and supporting capacity development for the further management systems to reduce plastic leakage into rivers On Days 2 and 3, we will have four sessions in


HPA: Water Policy Association · 20 October 2024 English

agreement, the waters of the eastern rivers – the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi – have been Pakistan on Thursday asked India to comply allocated to India, while the three western rivers with the Indus Water Treaty (IWT)

regions mand for freshwater outpaces supply in where rivers, lakes, and aquifers cross many regions, the global Revised Protocol on Sha- than 90% of freshwater rivers, lakes and aquifers red Watercourses. are shared implement integrated globally. An estimated 313 rivers and lakes, and water resources management at all area of a country another country. Transboundary rivers alone within transboundary basins and assesses The two longtime rivals share the water of six rivers under IWT, a water-sharing agreement brokered by


18 October 2024 English

THE IMPORTANCE OF GROWTH MODELS: LESSONS FROM THE 1950S TO 1970S Developing countries must find ways to mobilize resources, both domestic and international, to increase capital and labor inputs to …

small farms to irrigate their 1-2 acre lots from rivers, lakes, or boreholes. These pumps replace diesel


ERIA: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN & East Asia · 18 October 2024 English

ERIA Event Report 2024

found in our environment, including land, oceans, rivers, and even our food chain. We urgently need to take Schmidt, and L. Lebreton (2021), ‘More Than 1,000 Rivers Account for 80% of Global Riverine Plastic Emissions


World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English

66. The Godavari and Krishna are the two major rivers in the state and the forest cover is 16.47 percent


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 17 October 2024 English

As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) steps up ecological protection and restoration spending, this brief outlines innovative investment and financing mechanisms and shows how encouraging social capital investors can …

includes mine restoration; governance of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, and grasslands; comprehensive have an insufficient understanding of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasses as a community management. In the project design, mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and sand


World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English

high- water rivers as the Kara-Darya, formed by the confluence of the Tar and Kara-Kulja rivers. Below the flows into Iasi. These rivers originate from the Fergana and Alai ranges. The rivers Gulcha, Ak- Buura and are located along the banks of large and small rivers, in mountainous areas. Depending on the structure structure of adjacent slopes and the water content of rivers, residents of many villages are threatened by summers, smoothed annual air temperature. About 118 rivers and streams flow into the lake; the largest are


World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English

geographical features, thick forest covers, perennial rivers, abundant flora and fauna, and a long coastline


World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English

Mongolia's development prospects are uniquely challenged by both the impacts of climate change and the global shift toward a low-carbon economy. The country's efforts toward decarbonization pose significant challenges given …

water use from upper, middle, and lower parts of rivers. The 2013 IWRM acknowl- edged the urgent need for lacking on the required environmental flow in rivers to maintain healthy ecological conditions” (IWRM


World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English

CERC-KHTM-DC-09 / Procure ment of variable-frequency d rivers for pumps’ engines in t he city of Kharkiv IBRD


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