Abstract
The development of the different social and economic sectors during the last six decades has been accompanied by increasing water extraction and use. Therefore two types of water situations have to be differentiated:
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Pre-development water situation and
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Actual water situation
The text of this chapter is based on Salameh and Banayan (1993) and Salameh (1996) with modified maps and figure (MWI 2016).
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Salameh, E., Shteiwi, M., Al Raggad, M. (2018). Water Resources. In: Water Resources of Jordan. World Water Resources, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77748-1_2
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