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Erkin | April 16, 2009
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Facts and figures about water and law

Because of its value and its importance in all aspects of life, water is a highly political issue.

International water law concerns the rights and obligations that exist, primarily between States, for the management of transboundary water resources. Such legal rules and principles are dedicated to preventing conflict and promoting cooperation of shared water resources.

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The chief international legal document related to international water resources management is the ‘United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses’, adopted by the UN General Assembly in May 1997. This Convention applies to uses of international watercourses and of their waters for purposes other than navigation and to measures of protection, preservation and management related to the uses of those watercourses and their waters. Read more

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Erkin | April 16, 2009
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Facts and figures about water, erosion and sedimentation

Erosion is defined as the wearing away and transport of the soil by running water, glaciers, wind or waves. Sedimentation is the process of settling and depositing by gravity of suspended matter in water.

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Water transforms landscapes and moves large amounts of soil and fine-grained materials in the form of sediment. Sediment is:
1) eroded from the landscape,
2) transported by river systems and eventually
3) deposited in a riverbed, wetland, lake, reservoir or the ocean.
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