Groundwater Governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins
Realities and Challenges| By: | null |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415465809 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135220099 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2009 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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One of the key features of agricultural development in the last five decades has been intensive groundwater use in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh) and in the Yellow River Basin (China). Groundwater irrigates almost 60% of the net irrigated area in South Asia and 70% in the north China plains. Groundwater use for agri