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    Water resources management in Syria is confronted with numerous challenges. First, all of the country's major rivers are shared with neighboring countries...
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  • Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water...
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    The Ministry of Water Resources (Arabic: وزارة الموارد المائية) is a department of the Syrian government. The current minister is Moataz Qattan. The Ministry...
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  • Syria is a semi-arid country with scarce water resources. The largest water-consuming sector in Syria is agriculture. Domestic water use is only about...
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    the list of countries by total renewable water resources for the year 2020, based on the latest data available in January 2024, by World Bank and Food and...
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    resource management (NRM) is the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects...
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  • Peru Water resources management in Syria Water resources management in Uruguay Water portal Geography portal List of countries by access to clean water List...
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  • Qaramogh Sajur River Quweiq Barada Awaj Jordan River Yarmouk (On the border between Syria and Jordan) Banias River Water resources management in Syria...
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  • Tabqa Dam Transport in Syria United States Ambassador to Syria Water resources management in Syria Water supply and sanitation in Syria Lists of country-related...
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    Water conflict typically refers to violence or disputes associated with access to, or control of, water resources, or the use of water or water systems...
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    Orontes River (category Rivers of Syria)
    Tell Atchana – archaeological sites near each other in Hatay Water resources management in Syria The source of the river Orontes is the village of Labweh...
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  • Major environmental issues in Syria include deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, desertification, water pollution from the dumping of raw sewage...
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  • situation in the future. The country's major surface water resources, the Jordan River and the Yarmouk River, are shared with Israel and Syria who leave...
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  • have the resources to substantially increase the subsidies to the sector beyond their current level. Water resources management in Syria Water supply and...
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    Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two...
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  • continued on the Israel–Syria border, including an Israeli air strike into Syrian territory in April 1967. Control of water resources became a significant...
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    Ghuta (category Agriculture in Syria)
    the Syrian Army officially declared Eastern Ghouta to be free of militants, securing it under government control. Water resources management in Syria The...
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  • Water resources in the region are scarce, and these issues directly affect the five political subdivisions (Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan)...
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    Lake Assad (category Lakes of Syria)
    media related to Reservoir Al-Asad. Baath Dam Tishrin Dam Water resources management in Syria Bourgey, André (1974), "Le barrage de Tabqa et l'amenagement...
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    Lebanon's water resources are unsustainable water management practices, increasing water demand from all sectors, water pollution, and ineffective water governance...
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  • assess water resources availability in Lebanon. While Lebanon is water-rich compared to Jordan, Israel or the Damascus region in Syria, the country's...
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    (2015-03-23). Sustainable water resources management in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (PDF). in: WWAP (United Nations World Water Assessment Programme)...
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    Migration Management 1.75 million Syrians live in southern Turkey; 460,150 in Gaziantep; 354,000 in Antakya; 368,000 in Şanlıurfa; 250,000 in Adana. Turkey's...
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  • environmental issues, the number of Syrians seeking refuge in Jordan has strained the country's resources especially water and agriculture. Jordan is one of...
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  • originates in Arab countries and 27 percent of which originates in Israel. According to a September 2000 USAF study, over 90% of Syria’s water is shared...
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  • Jordan Valley Unified Water Plan to jointly develop the water resources of the Jordan River Basin between Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. The Johnston...
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    The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus or Ursus arctos arctos) is a medium-sized and endangered subspecies of Eurasian brown bear native to the Middle...
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  • Thumbnail for Water politics in the Middle East
    Water politics in the Middle East deals with control of the water resources of the Middle East, an arid region where issues of the use, supply, control...
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    this function is referred to as "watershed management". In Brazil, the National Policy of Water Resources, regulated by Act n° 9.433 of 1997, establishes...
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    Joint Trilateral Committee on water for the three nations for better water resources management. Turkey, Iraq and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding...
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