The Fall of the Water
15 junio 2007La Caída del Agua
At the roof of the world, the Tibetan plateau supplies, together with the Himalayas, Hindu Kush and the Tian Shan mountain ranges, water to people in Central, Southern, Western and South-east Asia, the largest river run-off from any single location in the World (UNEP, 2002a) (Fig. 1). Major rivers originating from these mountain regions include the Syr Darya, the Amu Darya; the Ganges, the Indus, the Arun, The Sankosh, the Manas, the Yarlung/Brahmaputra, the Chindwin, the Salween/Nu Jiang, the Lancang Jiang/Mekong, the Jinsha Jiang, the Huang He and the Yangtze, in addition to numerous other rivers. While the mountains are homes to some 170 million people, the water resources influence the lives of close to half of the world’s population downstream. The region comprises unique biodiversity, ranging from desert, steppe and high-altitude fauna to tropical rainforests with global biodiversity hotspots, such as in South-Western China.
| Autor(es) | Dr. Christian Nellemann |
| Tipo de libro | Investigación |
| Editor(es) | Dr. Christian Nellemann |
| Número de Páginas | 41 p. |
| Sitio Web para este libro | Sitio Web para este libro |
| Idioma de Contenido | Inglés |
| Otras Palabras Clave | The Fall of the Water, La Caída del Agua |
| Palabras clave de Geografía | China |
