Environmental Engineering Reference
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Table 5.2
Physical and socioeconomic characteristics of Mediterranean mountain river basins under the influence of snow and glacier melt including
different mountain chains, countries, river basin areas, distance to sea, maximum altitude, maximum altitude of basin and meteorological stations,
annual rainfall and snowfall, discharge and average population density. The 10 MountSnowMed (2007) pilot sites are marked as shaded pilot sites.
Please note that most of the data for snowfall are based on estimations only
Approx.
distance
source to
sea (km)
Highest
altitude
meteorological
station (m)
Approx.
annual
rainfall
(mm)
Approx.
annual
snowfall
(mm)
Agricultural
water use:
% of local
water use
Approx.
basin area
(km
2
)
Max.
altitude of
basin (m)
Specific
discharge
(L/s/km
2
)
Population
density
(/km
2
)
Pilot
site
Mountain
chain
Source
country
River
1a
Sierra
Nevada
Spain
Guadalfeo
1300
100
3481
2502
1370
1200
nd
nd
69
1b
Pyrenees
Spain
Ebro
85 500
580
3404
2202
622
124
19.00
35
33
2a
Alps
France
Rh one
94 300
690
4807
3000
900
2500
17.60
49
118
2b
Corsica
France
Golo
1000
90
2706
2360
600
1300
15.30
49
100
3a
Alps
Italy
Adige
12 000
410
3899
3325
765
135
19.60
nd
136
3b
Apennines
Italy
Vomano
800
70
2912
1000
1102
500
17.41
60
50
4a
Balkan
Bulgaria
Mesta-Nestos
5800
230
2925
2392
830
nd
nd
93
31
4b
Balkan
Bulgaria
Ergene
Maritza
14 600
180
1018
300
604
2500
2.90
72
75
5a
Mount
Uludag
Turkey
Susurluk
30 000
320
2543
1920
712
2000
7.20
72
95
5b
Mount
Kazdaglari
Turkey
Karamenderes
3200
120
1174
nd
650
nd
5.30
77
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