Prerequisites for Solving the Problems of Water Supply for Agriculture in the Mountain and Foothill Regions of Azerbaijan
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The territory of the Azerbaijan Republic consists of 60% mountain and 40% flat flap, and 85% from produced agricultural product in the republic basically get with irrigated lands located on the flat area. The republic is characterized as a few land country, where per capita happens to not more than 0.2 ha plowed fields. The problems of the water deficit exist in the republic. At present, the republic disposes before 32.3 mlrd. m3 water resource per annum. However, at arid years, she falls before 23.16 mlrd. m3 that does not satisfy the need irrigated by flap. All this is obviously from Table 1. [1,3,4] Necessary to note that in relationship with difficulty physics-geographical conditions and anthropogenic influence, 43.28% of lands are subject to in one or another degree erosion process. Existing 1400 thou. ha irrigated areas basically cover the foothill and flat lands of Kaspiy and Kura-Araks lowlands.[
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