Water Resources in the Middle East

Bulgaria
MARITSA

Black Sea

Georgia
CORUH ARAS Lake Keban

Greece

ISTANBUL

Sea of Marmara

SAKARYA ANKARA KIZILIRMAK

YESILIRMAK
Bagistay Dam

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Turkey
GEDIZ BUYUK MENDERES KONYA SEYHAN
(8=4+4BCM)

MURAT Lake Hazar TIGRIS

Lake Van

EUPHRATES CEYHAN
(8=4+4BCM)

Caspian Sea Lake Urmia

Ataturk Dam

URFA

MANAVGAT GOKSU
Seasonal Variations - Lean Months and Wet Months

ADANA
Euphrates Aleppo Dam Lake Al-Assad

Erbil EUPHRATES Mosul

Dokan Dam

Iran

(32=16+16BCM)

ORONTES
(ASI)

As Sulaymaniyah Kirkuk
Darbandikhan Dam
DIYALA ALWAN

(400=120+280MCM)

Cyprus Lebanon
BEIRUT
HASBANI BANIAS
North-Eastern Aquifer (130MCM) Eastern Aquifer (167MCM) Western Aquifer (337MCM)

Hamah TRIPOLI
EL KABIR

Syria
Lake Ath-Tharthar Lake Al-Habbaniyah

Homs

Samarra

Khanaqin
Diyala Dam

Karoun Dam

LITANI (800=240+560MCM)

Damascus
BARADA

Ar Ramadi

Lake Kinneret(Tiberias)
(900MCM)
JORDAN

YARMOUK

Ar Rutbah

Lake Al-Milh

Al-Kut Dam

(70=7+63MCM)

Karbala

Mediterranean Sea

West Bank Jerusalem Gaza

Coastal Aquifer (221MCM)

Tel Aviv

Al Kut

ZARQA

TIGRIS

Amman
Dead Sea

Israel
JORDAN

Moutain Aquifer

Jordan

Iraq

An Najaf

(52=26+26BCM)

An Nasiriyah Al Basrah Shatt Al Umm Qasr Arab

Disi Aquifer
(12.4 BCM)

Egypt
Red Sea

(100=10+90MCM)

Saudi Arabia
River

Kuwait

Persian Gulf

( Total = Lean + Wet ) Flow Months Months

Main Rivers

Tributaries

Aquifers

Dry Areas

Marshlands

Disclaimer : Outlines and borders on this map are for illustrative purposes only.

Baghdad