EARTHSC 2WW3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Virtual Water, Water Scarcity, Water Efficiency
13 Oct 2013
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Countries with the lowest per capita water resources are generally those where nature provides the least. Of the tio 20 best-resourced nations, 9 have significant ice, and snow-melt resources , the rest have humid tropical climates, some have both and greenland tops the list. Greater the population, the more to suffer from serious water resource issues. More than half of the 20 nations experiencing the greatest reduction in resources overth last 5 decades are also in regions of water scarcity. Greatest reduction in resources is experienced by mostly mena region. Europe is one of the greatest consumers of virtual water from the rest of the world. Divide the average annual net water balance by population size. Russian hydorpgoist--- m. i. lvovich made calculations based ond that the main objective of building dams is to harness floodwaters and transform a potential hazard into a potential resource.
