Zusammenfassung der Ressource
International Water Conflicts
- Iraq
- main rivers are Tigris and Euphrates
- rivers referred to in bible and
Quran as paradise
- already conflicts present
(religion) not always water
related
- highly volatile area
- runs through Iraq, turkey and syria
- Turkey damming river
which could lead to
further conflict
- Mekong River
- flows through china, Thailand and burma
- starts in china
- unlikely to start conflict as
china provides trade plus
size differences between the
countries
- India
- river ganges
- india
- upstream
- river Brahmaputra
- bangladesh
- downstream
- both rivers originate in china
- india has more power
- damming river due to supply
- barak barrage 10km from
Bangladesh border
- takes 40% of water
- can cause economic
and political conflict
with bangladesh
- Pakistan
- river Indus
- starts in China
- existing conflict
between Kashmir and
india
- potential for further conflict