A Look at he Status of Water Resources in Iran and the World

Iran is considered among the countries with limited water resources due to being placed in the arid and semi-arid belt of the world. Although the northern part of the country has a lot of rainfall, much of the country is dry and semi-arid. The distribution of water flows worldwide is also unbalanced and does not fit the population distribution. The spatial distribution of water in Iran is very heterogeneous due to natural conditions. The temporal distribution of atmospheric downturns in the country is similar to that of spatial distribution and its rate in different years and even in different seasons were varied and this has caused many problems in the past few years for various sectors, especially agriculture and cities water supply and have caused a lot of damage to this sectors. Indisputable withdrawal of Underground water is another major issue in the water sector.