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Asi/Orontes River Basin

Basic Information of the Basin

The Orontes or Asi River is a river that flows from Lebanon, then enters Syria and Turkey. Finally enters the Mediterranean Sea. The Asi/Ortontes River Basin covers 37910 square kilometers.

The Basin of Asi/Orontes River

http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/basins/asi-orontes/index.stm

Water Discharge

The total discharge of Asi/Orontes River is 8.72 cubic kilometers. At Asi/Orontes River Basin, the total population is 5.6 million, most of them are located in Turkey and Syria. Therefore, most of the discharge are contributed by these two countries. Also, the population density at this region is high.

Asi/Orontes River Basics

Basin Name	Total Basin Area (km^2)	Basin Rights (km^3)	Nature Rights (km^3)	Basin Population	Basin Human Rights (km^3)
Asi/Orontes	37910	8.720640	1.7441	5607100	0.000011

Water Discharge and Water Rights by Countries

Country	Area (km^3)	Population	Country Discharge (km^3)	Distribution Rate	Country Human Rights (km^3)	Country Total Water Rights (km^3)
Lebanon	2182	170100	0.264960	0.03038	0.221130	0.433098
Syria	16800	3519000	3.686400	0.42272	4.574700	7.523815
Turkey	18928	1918000	4.769280	0.54689	2.493400	6.308818

http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/hhlawaid/minisite/brir-basin-rights-international-rivers-global-276/akpa-river-1/asiorontes-8

Water Usage and Management

Primary Usage

The primarily usage here at Asi/Orontes River Basin is irrigation. Among 37910 square kilometers covered area, 24% of the land are being irrigated. There is no big construction such as dams across the river.

Water Management

There is currently no any River Basin Organizations across the river, but with 3 treaties between Turkey, Syria and Lebanon.

http://wwdrii.sr.unh.edu/download.html#sthash.3rZaW6CC.dpuf

Iambeaver (talk) 03:41, 3 October 2016 (UTC)