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Since 1993, Partners FOR the Saskatchewan River Basin (PFSRB) has promoted stewardship and sustainability of the Saskatchewan River Basin , an international watershed stretching over the three Prairie Provinces and a portion of Montana . More than 3 million people live within the basin which includes the North Saskatchewan, Red Deer, Oldman, Bow, Highwood, South Saskatchewan, Battle, Saskatchewan, St. Mary, and Carrot Rivers.

Sunday, 30 December 2012 20:35

Coastal Information System Oder Estuary

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Information from the Oder Estuary Region - from diverting informative up to scientific basic material. The Coastal Information System Oder Estuary is a component of the project IKZM Oder. You will find information about this research project on these sides as well as its results and results from other projects with emphasis on the Oder Estuary Region.

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Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:34

Atlas of the Juba and Shabelle Rivers

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The principal source of information for the Atlas of the Juba and Shabelle Rivers is the aerial photographic survey conducted in January-February 2008 (see full dataset information in 6.0). This user-friendly Atlas contains maps and data of the two perennial rivers of south Somalia and their catchments.
Published in Shebelli & Juba blog
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 08:29

Great Salt Lake, Utah (USGS)

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has measured the elevation of Great Salt Lake since 1875 and conducted many studies on the hydrology, salinity, water quality, and ecology of the lake. Currently, the USGS operates lake elevation gages at Saltair Marina, Saline (north arm), and on the railroad causeway near Promontory Point.

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Monday, 05 November 2012 19:42

Amu Darya Basin Network

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The Amu Darya Basin Network comprises local and international experts, practitioners, scientists, young professionals, researchers, policymakers, donors and implementing organizations working in or interested in development of the Amu Darya Basin. Adopting a basin-wide vision, the Amu Darya Basin Network acts as a platform for interaction and communication among respective members...

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Wednesday, 05 September 2012 12:20

The Orange-Senqu River Awareness Kit

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The Orange-Senqu River basin is located in southern Africa, encompassing all of Lesotho, a large portion of South Africa, southern Namibia and southwestern Botswana. The Orange-Senqu RAK supports capacity development and the sustainable management of the environment and resources within the basin.

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Northland Regional Council:

Northland Regional Council is one of Northland's primary environmental guardians and aims to protect Northland's land, water, coast and air while still allowing for sustainable development.

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Published in Northern Wairoa
Thursday, 05 July 2012 03:50

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PREFACE: Despite our best attempts at objectivity, the stories we tell always have a point and a purpose. If they didn’t there would be no reason to tell them. This Watershed Assessment is one of those stories, and while it is meant to be the truth, it is also meant to be a tool. The job we are trying to do with this tool is twofold.

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Géraud Magrin, Géographe. CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement). Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis (Sénégal)-7 novembre 2007.
Souvent vue comme un symbole des effets du changement climatique, la baisse spectaculaire du niveau du lac Tchad n’en est pas une conséquence directe.

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The regional information system on water and land resources in the Aral Sea Basin was designed to support decision-making process addressing water sector. The main objective - to serve as common tool for accounting land and water resources in the Aral Sea basin dynamics aiming assessment of diverse aspects of their use and effectiveness. It should facilitate sustainable management and control of water resources use.
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Provide transparent information on water resources is a key for IWRM and water Governance...

This interactive map page provides summary data and links to graphical presentations of river levels and some additional parameters including rainfall from selected telemetered sites throughout Western Australia. Click on "read more" to follow "on line" the Fortescue water level (Neuman Station)and to explore the Fortescue basin on Google Earth...

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Posted by Rob Nieuwenhuis in LinkedIn Group "riversnetwork.org"

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Water Resources Information Portal : The knowledge base is an information system that stores available data, retrieves and presents data, generates new combined data, imports data from other systems, supplies information for decision support systems, and provides better information to the public domain.The Nepal – WRKB is based on ArcGIS and Lizard (web portal).

Published in _Lower Ganges Global
Wednesday, 07 March 2012 12:11

Mongolia: The River Movements

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The Mongolian Constitution states that the citizens of Mongolia shall enjoy the “right to a healthy and safe environment, and to be protected against environmental pollution and ecological imbalance” (chapter 2, article 16.2). It is to protect that right from its current violations that the United Movement of Mongolian Rivers and Lakes (UMMRL) was established on June 04th, 2009.

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Monday, 05 March 2012 02:09

The Future Okavango

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Scientific support for sustainable land and resource management in the Okavango basin. The Okavango basin with its variety of savannah woodlands and wetland ecosystems linked by the central lifeline of the Okavango River is a global hot-spot of accelerating change and land use conflicts.

Published in _Okavango Global

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A winner of the Thiess International Riverprize.

La rivière Drôme est un affluent rive gauche du Rhône, qui prend sa source dans le Diois, sur le commune de la Bâtie des Fonds, à une altitude de 1030 m et s’écoule sur environ 106 km, selon un axe est-ouest, pour se jeter dans le Rhône sur les communes de Livron et Loriol à une altitude de 86 m.

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The River Awareness Kit (RAK) is an approach to information sharing pioneered in the Mekong River Basin by Hatfield Consultants. RAKs are interactive web-based tools aimed at local river basin institutions and stakeholders. Their purpose is to facilitate an inclusive and transparent approach to IWRM at a river basin level.

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MekongInfo is an interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management (NRM) in the Lower Mekong Basin.

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