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Hydrology of the Jordan River Basin: Water Resources and Dead Sea Water Balance

Explore the hydrology of the Jordan River Basin, including watershed delineation, volume of water available for run-off, and the delicate water balance of the Dead Sea. Learn about transboundary catchments, contributions of countries, and annual precipitation. Discover the impact on the Dead Sea water levels and the ongoing challenges. Get comprehensive insights and data analysis on this vital region.

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Hydrology of the Jordan River Basin: Water Resources and Dead Sea Water Balance

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  1. Hydrology of the Jordan River Basin Georges Comair GIS for Water Resources UT Austin-12/02/10

  2. Preview • Location • Watershed delineation • Volume of water available for run-off • Dead Sea water balance

  3. Location NASA

  4. The upper Jordan River catchment Jordan River wikipedia googleEarth

  5. Rivers of the upper Jordan Basin Snir (Hasbani) Hermon (Banias) Dan wikipedia wikipedia wikipedia

  6. HydroSHEDS Download Site

  7. Watershed delineation

  8. Drainage directions from Hydrosheds 15 sec DEM

  9. Flow accumulation HydroSHEDS World Basins Clipped DEM

  10. Isolating the watershed

  11. Check the total basin area 18,261 km2

  12. Subwatersheds for each country Lebanon Israel

  13. Transboundary catchments

  14. Average annual precipitation for the globe on a 0.5 X 0.5 degree global grid

  15. Calculating volume of potential run-off

  16. Contributions of each country in %

  17. The Dead Sea water balance deadseabody.com meddead.org/Save_Dead_Sea.html

  18. Results and comparison “The rate of water level drop over the last 10 years is about 0.9 m/yr, representing an annual water deficit of about 600 million cubic meters” Itay Gavrieli, 2005

  19. QUESTIONS ? Jerusalemperspective.com

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