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    • Home > Water and the Environment - Updated: 23-03-2005 9:53 am
    The natural environment, and the biodiversity it contains, is threatened by both water withdrawals and water pollution. We must find a balance between the protection of crucial ecological services and the human need for water. Where there is insufficientwater for both, some consistent quantitative basis for deciding on the value of different water uses must be found. The implicit value of the environment, rather than its immediate economic value, must be included in any analysis. Read more...    

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    Hérault basin (France)
    Agriculture

    Hérault basin (France)
    Aerian view

    Hérault basin (France)
    Catchment

    Hérault basin (France)
    Fishing

    Hérault basin (France)
    Floods

    Hérault basin (France)
    Streaming

    Hérault basin (France)
    Landscape

    Hérault basin (France)
    Catchment

    Hérault basin (France)
    Dam

    Hérault basin (France)
    Urban area

    Luquillo Mountain basin (Puerto Rico)
    Landscape

    Luquillo Mountain basin (Puerto Rico)
    Small river

    Luquillo Mountain basin (Puerto Rico)
    Tropical Forest 1

    Luquillo Mountain basin (Puerto Rico)
    Tropical Forest 2

    Luquillo Mountain basin (Puerto Rico)
    Tropical Forest 3

    Motueka basin (New Zealand)
    Algae

    Motueka basin (New Zealand)
    Landscape

    Murrumbidgee basin (Australia)
    Measurement on ground

    Murrumbidgee basin (Australia)
    Measurement on ground 2

    Murrumbidgee basin (Australia)
    Salinity

    Murrumbidgee basin (Australia)
    Salinity 2

    Olifants basin (South Africa, Mozambique)
    In the North East of South Africa, the Olifants river is a tributary of the Limpopo river.

    Olifants basin (South Africa, Mozambique)
    Water and the Environment

    Olifants basin (South Africa, Mozambique)
    Giraffe

    Olifants basin (South Africa, Mozambique)
    The Olifants river catchment

    Olifants basin (South Africa, Mozambique)
    Dam

    Red Arkansas basin (USA)
    Red Arkansas catchment landscape

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Prairie Dog Town Ford Red river

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Red Arkansas river near Garden City

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Red river at Fulton

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Washita river

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Cimarron River

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Downstream Arkansas river

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    East fork Arkansas river

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Illinois river

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    John Martin dam

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Lake Altus

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Little Washita river near Chickasha

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Measurement site

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    Measurement

    Red-Arkansas basin (USA)
    North fork of Red river in Sayre

    Tarim basin (China)
    Flourished poplars in Tarim basin

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Thukela river catchment

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Cattle along the river

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Erosion

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Natural erosion

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Rural housing

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Rural area within the catchment

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Irrigated crop

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Dam

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Lack of water

    Thukela basin (South Africa)
    Weir

    Upper Severn basin (UK)
    Dolwen Gauging Station

    Upper Severn basin (UK)
    Gully Erosion

    Upper Severn basin (UK)
    View of Severn

    Upper Severn basin (UK)
    Flume

    Upper Severn basin (UK)
    Peat Haggs in Up Hafren

    Upper Severn basin (UK)
    Severn flooding of Shrewsbury

    Upper Severn basin (UK)
    Upper Severn Clywedog

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