Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Large water loss detected in Mideast river basins: study

Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2013



US satellites have detected a large loss of fresh water reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins during a seven-year period beginning in 2003, a new study has found.

The river basins, which water parts of Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria, have lost almost as much water as is in the Dead Sea, the study found.

"That's enough water to meet the needs of tens of millions to more than a ....