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Water Resource Assessment for the Zambezi River Basin
The Zambezi river drains eight riparian countries: Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique. The Zambezi river is, therefore, an international river basin. It drains an area of about 1,800,000 square km (Okavango-Chobe system included). The surface water resources of the Zambezi river have been assessed on the basis of average, typical dry, and wet year flow conditions. An overview of the water resources of the Zambezi river (surface water only) during the driest, average, and wettest year flow conditions are presented. It is anticipated that this information will form the backbone for the integrated water resource planning and management of the Zambezi river basin. According to the Helsinki Rules on the uses of the waters on international rivers, Article Four states that “Each basin state is entitled, within its territory, to a reasonable and equitable share of the beneficial uses of the waters of an international drainage basin.” Therefore, this information is also going to be useful in the negotiations between riparian countries/states for the equitable sharing of the water resources of the Zambezi river basin.
Water Resource Assessment for the Zambezi River Basin
The Zambezi river drains eight riparian countries: Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique. The Zambezi river is, therefore, an international river basin. It drains an area of about 1,800,000 square km (Okavango-Chobe system included). The surface water resources of the Zambezi river have been assessed on the basis of average, typical dry, and wet year flow conditions. An overview of the water resources of the Zambezi river (surface water only) during the driest, average, and wettest year flow conditions are presented. It is anticipated that this information will form the backbone for the integrated water resource planning and management of the Zambezi river basin. According to the Helsinki Rules on the uses of the waters on international rivers, Article Four states that “Each basin state is entitled, within its territory, to a reasonable and equitable share of the beneficial uses of the waters of an international drainage basin.” Therefore, this information is also going to be useful in the negotiations between riparian countries/states for the equitable sharing of the water resources of the Zambezi river basin.
Water Resource Assessment for the Zambezi River Basin
Matondo, Jonathan I. (author) / Mortensen, Peter (author)
Water International ; 23 ; 256-262
1998-12-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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