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Asia's water balance

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Multiple factors determine how much water is and will be available in the river basins of Asia. To expose hotspots and help adaptation, these factors must be assessed together at the basin level.

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Figure 1: Multiple facets of future water shortage.

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  1. Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    W. W. Immerzeel & M. F. P. Bierkens

  2. ETH Zurich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland

    W. W. Immerzeel

  3. Deltares, PO Box 85467, AL Utrecht, 3508, The Netherlands

    M. F. P. Bierkens

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Immerzeel, W., Bierkens, M. Asia's water balance. Nature Geosci 5, 841–842 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1643

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