| Title | Geothermal Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan and a Perspective on Their Use |
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| Authors | Inom Normatov |
| Year | 2010 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | hydrogen sulphide, iodine-bromine, Hoja Obi-Garm, Pamir Mountain, Mineralization |
| Abstract | Economic and cultural activities of the modern society are intimately connected with the usage of natural waters. A modern foresight of all changes in the regime of water reserves became a prime necessity. It raises the need for the reliable protection of natural waters because in modern world the resource of water is one of the main economic factors determining the advance of a national economy. The concept of Central Asia (the former name is Middle Asia and Kazakhstan) that is used nowadays includes the republics of CIS: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, Afghanistan. Hydrographically, the region of Central Asia (CA) is distinguished as the Aral Sea basin, which in turn consists of two basins – the Syrdarya and the Amudarya Rivers. Total water resources of the Aral Sea basin surface waters make 115.6km3/year |