Over the last decades, diversion of rivers for irrigation has reduced its size by 60% and its volume by 80% , deeply affecting the local fishing industry and the livelihood of the population.
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Table 4.1: Precipitation distribution into surface water and groundwater components (by climate region)
Table 4.2: Selected large aquifer systems with non-renewables groundwater resources
Table 4.3: Water availability information by country (AQUASTAT, FAO 2005)
Table 4.4: Major principal sources and impacts of sedimentation
Table 4.5: Freshwater pollution sources, effects and constituents of concern
Table 4.6: Spatial and time scales within which pollution occurs and can be remediated
Table 4.7: Potential applications for reclaimed water
Figure 4.1: Global distribution of the world’s water
Figure 4.2: Schematic of the hydrologic cycle components in present-day setting
Figure 4.3: Oxygen-18 content of stream water along the main stem of large rivers
Figure 4.4: Variations in continental river runoff through most of the twentieth century (deviations from average values)
Figure 4.5: Typical hydrographs in accordance with climatic settings
Figure 4.6: Acid rain and its deposition processes
Figure 4.7: Five-year mean of the pH level in rainfall in the eastern regions of Canada and the US
Figure 4.8: Primary sources of groundwater pollution
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Map 4.2
Map 4.3: Groundwater abstraction rate as a percentage of mean recharge
Aral Sea
