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The Segura basin extends over 14,925 km2 with a mean annual flow of 964 Hm3. The river is located in southeastern Spain, the most arid zone of the country. The mean annual rainfall over the basin amounts to some 300 mm. From Roman times onwards an extremely good climate has produced intensive water use for irrigation and urban supply with the result that this is the most exploited river in the country. Only 60 Hm3/year are delivered to the sea, most of this in the form of floods, so consumption amounts to 93% of the water resources.
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Marco, J.B. (1993). The Segura River Basin Model. Disaggregation in a Semiarid Environment. In: Marco, J.B., Harboe, R., Salas, J.D. (eds) Stochastic Hydrology and its Use in Water Resources Systems Simulation and Optimization. NATO ASI Series, vol 237. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1697-8_25
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