Alberta merges its largest river basins as major update to water rules comes into effect
Alberta’s two largest river basins have become one, part of a suite of major updates to the province’s water rules that came into force this week. While the provincial government says the change will remove a barrier for operations that straddle the basin's boundary, conservation groups wo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-river-basins-peace-slave-athabasca-basin-water-act-9.7128174?cmp=rss

Remote Sensing and GIS Assessment of Drought Dynamics in the Ukrina River Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17020124 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #drought #risk #hazard #remotesensing #MODIS #satellite #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #monitoring #Ukrina #RiverBasin #Bosnia #Herzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #water #waterresources #socioeconomic #risk #hazard #cost #economics #agriculture #foodsecurity #watersecurity #landcover #vegetation #croplands #fruit #crops #metrology #hydrology #droughtexposure #basins #riverbasins #watersheds #monitoring #mitigation #planning #droughtrisk

I need to write (and re-write) and edit some texts about #NatureBasedSolutions. Yall, what do you know? What part is interesting or exciting? How are NBS being used for good or being coopted under capitalism? What about them (and #EcologicalServices) are relevant to you or simply at the top of thoughts when you read the term?
My efforts will be applied to #water, #transboundaryWater, #SecureWater, #CleanWater, #RiverBasins

These Stunning Maps Show The Ocean Drainage Basins Of The World's Rivers
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https://www.iflscience.com/these-stunning-maps-show-the-ocean-drainage-basins-of-the-worlds-rivers-71658 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #rivers #ocean #drainage #network #world #global #hydrospatial #hydrology #water #maps #cartographer #visualisation #riverbasins #basins #drainagebasins #watersheds
#GrasshopperGeography #gischat #cartography

Hydrological Model-Based Streamflow Reconstruction For Indian Sub-Continental River Basins, 1951–2021
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02618-w <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #India #river #flow #model #modeling #numericmodeling #historic #water #hydrology #waterresources #streamflow #watersecurity #watercycle #monitoring #observations #regional #hydroclimatic #extremeweather #extremeevents #IndianSubcontinent #river #riverbasins #watersheds #hydrologicmodeling #weather #routing #network #mizuRoute #GangaBasin #climatechange #adaption #mitigation #planning #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

Natural Floodplains Are Quickly Vanishing
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https://eos.org/articles/natural-floodplains-are-quickly-vanishing <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02382-x <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrospatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #floodplains #floodplain #loss #remotesensing #satellite #model #modeling #GFPLAIN250m #GFPLAIN #SRTM #ESA #NASA #opendata #riverbasins #fluvial #fluvialgeomorphology #geomorphology #agriculture #landcover #humanimpact #metrics #landscape #resource #globalmapping

Common Irrigation Drivers Of Freshwater Salinisation In River Basins Worldwide
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24281-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #water #waterquality #waterresources #farm #farming #irrigation #croplands #cropprotection #salinity #management #quality #freshwater #salinisation #mitigation #farmingpractices #hydrology #groundwater #global #river #basins #watersheds #subbasins #riverbasin #riverbasins #watersecurity #planning #watermanagement #waterengineering