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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Tensions around water distribution and consumption has assumed such proportions that experts have started talking about hydro-conflict and hydro-war in Central Asia . No other region in the world has faced such security peril linked to water. Crux of the matter is that water resources of the countries of
Central Asia are not distributed equitably. The region is clearly divided into water-rich States like Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on the one hand, and countries like Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan dependent on them for water, on the other. While Kirgyzstan controls the riverbasin of Syrdaria, Tajikistan controls water resources of Amudaria. Syrdaria is the longest and second largest in terms of water resources in Central Asia. Syrdaria with a length of 3019 km covers an area of 219 thousand square km. The major part, 75.2 percent of water resources of Syrdaria is formed in Kyrgyzstan, 15.25 percent on the territory of Uzbekistan, 6.9 percent in Kazakhstan and 2.7 percent in Tajikistan . Amudaria river has a length of 2540 km, with a basin of 309 square km. Like Syrdaria, Amudaria loses much of its water resources for irrigation purpose in the downstream. The major portion of water resources of Amudaria (74 percent) is formed on the territory of Tajikistan, while 13.9 percent of the water is formed in Afghanistan and Iran, and only 8.5 percent on the territory of Uzbekistan
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