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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IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 10 April 2024 English
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TFCA´ LV ORFDWHG ZLWKLQ the Kavango and Zambezi river basins, where Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and … water in large territorial spaces, including river basins or aquifers that extend beyond the boundaries …
Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 1 April 2024 English
This showcases the dedication of water managers and advocates in the SSRB to strategic water resource management, and it has improved the water management outlook of the SSRB. [...] For …
key on-stream and off-stream reservoirs on all river basins. • Irrigation surface water demand (from the … Phase III: Oldman and South Saskatchewan (OSSK) River Basins Summary Report. Retrieved from South Saskatchewan … Phase III: Oldman and South Saskatchewan (OSSK) River Basins Summary Report Alberta Innovates & WaterSMART …
Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 28 March 2024 English
This report provides a brief overview of the SROI methodology, project approach, the objectives and activities of the options, and the key findings and assumptions made when completing the analysis. …
various cities and towns that exist within the river basins. In addition, watershed associations and economically …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 15 February 2024 English
KAZA is situated in the Kavango and Zambezi River basins, where the borders of Angola, Botswana, Namibia …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 9 February 2024 English
A healthy environment and its sustainable management are critical for citizens' well-being and supporting Uzbekistan's growing economy. The National State of the Environment Report (NSoER) is a comprehensive document that …
Water abstraction from sources in the main river basins (million m3) .............................. …
Wilson Center Canada · 7 February 2024 English
and the local average in its arid southeastern Up until the 1970s, the main challenge in the parts, where the Euphrates and Tigris originate, basin was flooding, and the relative …
variability, and coop- eration along transboundary river basins. Political Geography, 69, 162–172. https://doi …
Wilson Center Canada · 14 January 2024 English
and the local average in its arid southeastern Up until the 1970s, the main challenge in the parts, where the Euphrates and Tigris originate, basin was flooding, and the relative …
variability, and coop- eration along transboundary river basins. Political Geography, 69, 162–172. https://doi …
IJC: International Joint Commission · 4 January 2024 English
In evaluating the WQO, the discrete samples only indicated one instance where DO concentrations were less than 5 mg/L compared 6 to the continuously recorded data where the daily minimum …
Red, Rainy-Lake of the Woods and St. Croix River Basins: International Joint Commission, accessed April …
Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 20 December 2023 English
The goal of the Updates to the South Saskatchewan River Operational Model (SSROM) and Underlying OASIS Platform project was to update the SSROM Base Case so that the model is …
River, Oldman River, and South Saskatchewan River Basins. The various sub-basin models were constructed … on-stream and off-stream reservoirs across all river basins. Updated irrigation demands, provided by AFRED … Bow River, and Oldman and South Saskatchewan River Basins. Figure 2. SSROM components. 5 Updates to the … Red Deer, Bow and Oldman South Saskatchewan River Basins (including the southern tributaries). A full … River Basin and Oldman-South Saskatchewan (OSSK) River Basins reports (Alberta WaterSMART, 2015) (Alberta …
IJC: International Joint Commission · 20 December 2023 English
This is accomplished through the application of best available science and knowledge of the aquatic ecosystems of the basin and an awareness of the needs, expectations and capabilities of residents …
in the Red River, Devils Lake, and Sheyenne River Basins. Some provisional peaks for stations with at … governance and management practices of selected river basins in Canada and Latin America. The PPWB is one … involvement; an approach to water management based on river basins and the free movement of water across colonial …
