Central Asia

The subregional assessment of transboundary waters in Central Asia covers transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters shared by two or more of the following countries: Afghanistan, China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The assessment of the individual transboundary surface and groundwaters in this subregion can be found in Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Section IV (drainage basins of the White Sea, Barents Sea and Kara Sea; of the Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan; drainage basin of the Aral Sea and other transboundary waters in Central Asia; and drainage basin of the Caspian Sea). The assessment of transboundary waters in Central Asia also contains an assessment of a number of selected Ramsar Sites and other wetlands of transboundary importance with different transboundary settings: the Gomishan Lagoon, the Aydar-Arnasay Lakes system, the Tobol- Ishim Forest-steppe, the Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve, Lake Khanka, the complex of Daurian Wetlands and the Ili Delta.

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