EUPHRATES RIVER BASIN INVENTORY WATER RESOURCES WESTERN ASIA SKIP CONTENT INVENTORY WESTERN RIVER THE EUPHRATES THE TIGRIS KARKHEH KARUN KABIR AQUIFER SYSTEM QUATERNARY TERTIARY LIMESTONE UPPER RIMA YOU ARE SURFACE WATER CHAPTER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE EUPHRATES RIVER THE RIVER RIPARIAN SYRIA TOTAL POPULATION PRECIPITATION ARMENIAN HIGHLANDS CONTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY ADDITION INTERMITTENT STREAMS SAJUR BALIKH KHABOUR CONTRIBUTORS TO EUPHRATES FLOW THE NATURAL ANNUAL BORDER DATA THE LAST SHOW NEGATIVE TREND DECREASE MEAN REGULATION EXTREME EXAMPLE HUMAN INTERVENTION IMPACT RIVER REGIME CONSTRUCTION OF WATER ENGINEERING STRUCTURES UPSTREAM TURKEY FLOW REGIME LESS PRONOUNCED SEASONAL VARIATION WATER USE HYDROPOWER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AGRICULTURE LARGEST SHARE WATER QUALITY ISSUE RETURN FLOWS AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE CAUSE SALINITY PROBLEMS THE RIVER COURSE DUMPING SEWAGE SUBJECT TO BILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MINIMUM AVERAGE IRAQ DETERMINES THOSE TWO HOLD POSITIONS INTERNATIONAL WATER LAW TERMINOLOGY EXCEPTION PROTOCOL FOR TECHNICAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION SIGNED THE CREATION THE JOINT LONGER PROTOCOL INTERIM AGREEMENT QUANTITY STRATEGIC COOPERATION COUNCIL AGREEMENT JOINT THE FIELD IMPROVEMENT WATER PUMPING STATIONS DAMS DEVELOPMENT OF ACCORD FIXED RATIO THE MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING MOUS TWO COUNTRIES BOTH SIDES HYDROLOGICAL METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE EXPERTISE COMMON APPROACH CONSENSUS HOW TO TIGRIS RIVERS WHETHER THE TWO RIVERS SHOULD DISAGREED THE DIVISION WATER SECTOR IRRIGATION THE SECOND HALF THE 20TH CENTURY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION CHANGES HYDROLOGICAL REGIME VARIABLE CLIMATE RESULTS THE CURRENT WATER MANAGEMENT DROUGHTS MAJOR NATURAL HAZARD AFFECT RECENT DECADES POLLUTION AGRICULTURAL DOMESTIC SOURCES SUFFERS THE COURSE ANDREAS TABQA DAM ED KASHI AERIAL VIEW FARMLANDS ATATURK DAM INTENSIVE ADEL FACTS AREA SHARES JORDAN ARABIA LENGTH VOLUME DAMMING STORAGE CAPACITY PROJECTED IRRIGATED COMPREHENSIVE REPORT PUBLISHED THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION THE GERMAN FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT GERMAN COOPERATION