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EARTH 111: Water: Science and Society

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Sharing the Waters

There are many examples of water disputes involving cross-boundary uses of shared resources. Three of these examples will be discussed in this section: The Nile River Conflict, The India-Bangladesh Ganges River Split, and The United States and Mexico— Sharing the Flow.

  • The Nile River "Conflict"
  • The India-Bangladesh Ganges River Split
  • The United States and Mexico—Sharing the Flow?

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  • Lessons
    • Unit 1: Fresh Water: Scarcity or Surfeit?
    • Unit 2: Physical Hydrology
    • Unit 3: Social Science of Water
      • Module 7: What is in Your Water?
      • Module 8: Cities in Peril: Dealing With Water Scarcity
      • Module 9: Water and Politics
        • Goals and Objectives
        • Sharing the Waters
          • The Nile River "Conflict"
          • The India-Bangladesh Ganges River Split
          • The United States and Mexico—Sharing the Flow?
      • Module 10: Solving the Water Crisis?

Course materials prepared by Michael Arthur and Demian Saffer, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, and Demian Saffer, University Park, Patrick Belmont, Utah State University.

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