Groundwater depletion in the Middle East from GRACE with implications for transboundary water management in the Tigris‐Euphrates‐Western Iran region
2013/02/01 by K. Voss, Katalyn A. Voss, J. S. Famiglietti +8 · 806 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Archaeology #Environmental science #Geography #Geology #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Groundwater #Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry #Groundwater and Watershed Analysis #Hydrology (agriculture) #Middle East #Water resource management
paper · open access · doi:10.1002/wrcr.20078
published in Water Resources Research 49(2), 904-914 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2013/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract
in volume. Furthermore, results raise important issues regarding water use in transboundary river basins and aquifers, including the necessity of international water use treaties and resolving discrepancies in international water law, while amplifying the need for increased monitoring for core components of the water budget.
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