Water Resources (Science and Environment)

Water Resources Sites:

Directory of Wetlands of International Importance: Neotropical Region Descriptions of South American wetlands covered by the Ramsar Convention. (This is the first of 2 web pages.) http://www.ramsar.org/lib_dir_4_2.htm The Transport and Fate of Heavy Metals Within the Pilcomayo River Basin, Bolivia Research on the transport and environmental impacts of mine effluents in Bolivia and downstream in Argentina and Paraguay. http://paws.wcu.edu/jmiller/pilcomayo_page.htm The Pilcomayo river basin study: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay Describes a study undertaken in 1975-1977 to find ways to regulate and develop the Pilcomayo River and its 272,000 km2 trinational basin. http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea03e/ch08.htm The Amazon River Some facts and information about the Amazon River in South America. http://www.mbarron.net/Amazon/ Pilcomayo River Basin Project Describes the river and plans for restoring hydraulic conditions and water quality in Argentina that have been degraded by sedimentation and mining effluents. http://www.gci.ch/GreenCrossPrograms/waterres/water/pilcomayo.html

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