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resources > natural resources > non-renewable resources > water resources > transboundary waters

PREFERRED TERM

void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Created: 2022-02-22T18:24:58

skos:notation: 43cd8473

transboundary waters  

DEFINITION

  • Transboundary waters are the aquifers, and lake and river basins shared by two or more countries.

    Created: 2/23/22

    (en)

BROADER CONCEPT

SCOPE NOTE

  • There are 263 transboundary river basins and approximately 300 transboundary aquifers. 145 states have territory within transboundary lake or river basins, and 30 countries like entirely within them. (UNESCO, 2015) (en)

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