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Front cover: Shaded-relief image extracted from the GTOPO30 data base, USGS EROS Data Center

All data obtained from
Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Palestinian Water Authority
Israeli Hydrological Service
Israeli Meteorological Service

All basemaps from the authors’ respective water agencies

Abbreviations used in this report
meter per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m/yr
milligram per liter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mg/L
millimeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mm
million cubic meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MCM
million cubic meters per year. . . . . . . . . . . . . MCM/yr
milligram per liter per year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (mg/L)/yr

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