Water Resources and Hydrometeorology of the Arab Region

• Main Author: Shahin, Mamdouh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Water Science and Technology Library, 59
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Hydrogeology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Agriculture.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Climate Change.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

The great importance of detailed data and their use in generating interdisciplinary scientific knowledge on the development and utilisation of the water systems of the Arab region, with its widespread water stress and desert areas, is well established. With increasing consumption of water in the reg...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Introduction
• Physiography and Geology of the Arab Region
• Climate of the Arab Region
• Analysis of Precipitation Data
• Evaporation and Evapotranspiration
• Runoff and River Flow
• Wadis and Wadi Flow
• Erosion and sedimentation in drainage basins and in storage reservoirs
• Groundwater Resources
• Non-Conventional (New) Water Resources
• Water Storage
• Water Scarcity in the Arab Region-Major Problems and Attempts to alleviate their Impacts.