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Basic Information of the Basin
The Orontes or Asi River is a river that flows from Lebanon, then enters Syria and Turkey. Finally enters the Mediterranean Sea. The Asi/Ortontes River Basin covers 37910 square kilometers.



http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/basins/asi-orontes/index.stm

Water Discharge
The total discharge of Asi/Orontes River is 8.72 cubic kilometers. At Asi/Orontes River Basin, the total population is 5.6 million, most of them are located in Turkey and Syria. Therefore, most of the discharge are contributed by these two countries. Also, the population density at this region is high.

Water Discharge and Water Rights by Countries
http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/hhlawaid/minisite/brir-basin-rights-international-rivers-global-276/akpa-river-1/asiorontes-8

Primary Usage
The primarily usage here at Asi/Orontes River Basin is irrigation. Among 37910 square kilometers covered area, 24% of the land are being irrigated. There is no big construction such as dams across the river.

Water Management
There is currently no any River Basin Organizations across the river, but with 3 treaties between Turkey, Syria and Lebanon.

http://wwdrii.sr.unh.edu/download.html#sthash.3rZaW6CC.dpuf

Iambeaver (talk) 03:41, 3 October 2016 (UTC)