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By A.S. Alsharhan, Z.A. Rizk, A.E.M. Nairn, D.W. Bakhit, S.A. Alhajari
This e-book offers finished information regarding the water assets of the Arabian Gulf quarter, a space that's symbolic as an arid to tremendous arid belt. Filling a data hole it offers in-depth analyses of either normal and human-related constraints on water assets, and offers a brand new imaginative and prescient on effective administration of accessible water resources.It comprises an summary of the actual geography and climatic constraints on water assets, systematic stock of accessible conventional and non-traditional water assets, water-related difficulties, water conservation and law, entire water legislation appropriate to the zone, and smooth recommendations of water assets investigation.This paintings meets the desires of scientists, environmentalists, engineers, planners and determination makers. Senior undergraduate, graduate scholars and researchers of the Gulf sector, and extra regularly of arid areas, also will locate this quantity priceless
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22). The temperature contrast in the continental interior of Arabia from summer to winter is 8 ~ to 17~ during winter, and 5 ~ to 37~ during summer. This can be compared to with a seasonal change of around 10~ in the coastal regions, slightly greater in the Arabian Gulf and slightly lower than in the Red Sea. Precipitation The Arabian Peninsula, in keeping with its location in one of the great desert belts of the world, has a low and irregular rainfall, typically less than 150 m m / y r . It can be as low as 50 m m in the northern and central parts of the Arabian Gulf area (Fig.
Mean monthly relative humidity (%) in eight meteorological stations in Kuwait (modified after Sharaf, 1980). Fig. 50. Range and average monthly relative humidity in Bahrain from 1962-1989 (modified after Aba Hussain, 1992). l-~"401o E, MEDITERRA- / i. S V R Z A . - J /, "\.. ~. ~, 9 x, = "~ "-~. "\. 501OE 't 551OE 601OE "'"--. I RAQ ! A . --.. ,~7"- IRAN 30ON- 25ONN X X t A' M a d ~ ' O ~ 9 K V ) ID~ ~ ~ GULF OF OMAN ~ ' O ~ ~' \ . . " . i" j i % i i OMAN o AFRICA ~ ~" . rarnout "'""'"" ~$~ . - 1S~ 1, "-v-- i" " 500 km -~OON 3SLOE 10ON- 40~E SS~E Fig.
13). 14) which shows that the daily temperature seldom deviates from the mean values in the coastal region by more than one degree. It should be noted that the deviations in the daily minimum temperature are somewhat greater. The departure from the mean monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait ranges from 10 ~ to 15~ Deviation in the monthly minimum temperatures is likewise greater (Figs. 16). Very few locations receive less than 80% of the potential sunshine hours (Fig.