Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia (ESCWA) - Tigris Basin Chapter
Chapter from the ESCWA/BGR Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia, providing detailed data on the transboundary Tigris River basin: flows, dams, abstractions and shared groundwater aquifers across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Companion to the waterinventory.org data platform.
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At a glance
- Region
- Western Asia (regional) (Middle East)
- Coverage
- Regional
- Access
- Free
- Category
- UN Organization
- Last updated
- 2023
What's inside
- Transboundary water
- River basin
- Shared aquifers
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Trend hotspots
Find where water tables are falling year after year.
Because it has: Shared aquifers
- 02
Recharge planning
Site recharge structures and new borewells with evidence.
- 03
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Gap filling
Rebuild missing well readings from neighbours, rainfall and season.
- 02
Level forecasts
Forecast pre- and post-monsoon levels well by well.
- 03
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
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