Sentence examples for riparian countries from inspiring English sources

All are subject to the MRC consultation process, which is designed to improve dialogue among the riparian countries as well as the management of the river.

Through fishing, aquaculture and irrigation, it sustains 65m people.Since September 2010 there has been an ongoing consultation process among the four riparian countries party to the Mekong River Commission (MRC)—Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand about whether the Xayaburi project should be approved or blocked.

Although the dam is being constructed on a part of the Mekong River that is entirely inside Laos, riparian countries of the lower Mekong signed an agreement in 1995 to consult with one another before proceeding with large projects on the river.

The rise of modern navigation began in the 19th century, and its present magnitude is attributable largely to four factors: removal of political restrictions on navigation, physical improvements to the navigation channel, canalization of the Rhine's hinterland, and increasing industrialization of the riparian countries.

The second concern is building of a cognitive community within the four riparian countries.

Discontinuity in sustainable water supply is another major problem for the riparian countries.

This rate of increased water withdrawal is anticipated to develop and the vulnerability degree of the downstream riparian country is projected to increase.

Nepal is the upper riparian country for four major rivers (Mahakhali, Karnali, Gandak and Kosi) and regulation of these rivers has been an important issue for both India and Nepal.

Being an upper riparian country, the water endowment in Nepal and Bhutan largely represent a source of hydroelectric power, both for consumption and for earning revenues through export of energy (Iyer 1999).

Being an upper riparian country, Nepal contributes 5percentnt of the long term average annual flow of the Ganges and 70percentnt of the flow during the dry season (Upreti 2006).

Concurrently, Bangladesh offered to conduct a joint study with India to examine the implications of the Dam project on the region and the future flow of water in the concerned river system, which directly affects Bangladesh due to its position as a lower-riparian country.