Overview
- A comprehensive review
- The first English book on the subject
- Richly illustrated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 28)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book offers a concise description of the environment and water resources in Turkmenistan. The focus is on the water bodies of Turkmenistan – the Caspian Sea, Kara-Bogaz-Gol Bay, Sarykamysh Lake, Amu Darya River, and the Karakum Canal. Respected experts from six different countries cover the landscape-geographical features, the Karakum Desert, biodiversity (especially of birds and fishes) and ecosystems, as well as regional climate change. Special attention is paid to the Altyn Asyr Lake water reclamation project, to the morphometric characteristics of the Karashor Depression, and to the four-year-long satellite monitoring of the construction area in the vicinity of the Karashor Depression. The information presented is based on observational data and scientific literature, mainly published in Russian. This is the first English book on the Altyn Asyr Project. It addresses specialists working in various fields of environmental problems and ecology, water resources and management, land reclamation and agriculture, regional climate change, and international cooperation in the water sector in Turkmenistan and Central Asia.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Turkmen Lake Altyn Asyr and Water Resources in Turkmenistan
Editors: Igor S. Zonn, Andrey G. Kostianoy
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38607-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-38606-0Published: 31 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52192-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-38607-7Published: 17 October 2013
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 123
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 97 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Hydrology/Water Resources, Hydrogeology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Marine & Freshwater Sciences