THE MATTER OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS AND LAKE BALKHASH IN KAZAKHSTAN

Autor: Kozhakhmetova, D.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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ISSN: 0290-4950
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6782903
Popis: Lake Balkhash is an important landlocked water body and the second-largest lake in Central Asia, which is located in south-eastern Kazakhstan[1]. The salient fact is that, Kazakhstan and China share waters of the Ili and Irtysh River basins, and both of them are strategic in terms of water security because in case of Lake Balkhash, the Ili River is the main water source for the lake. Moreover, the Ili-Balkhash basin’s location including Lake Balkhash is the least advantageous, simply because it is downstream, whereas China has an advantage due to its position as an upstream riparian as regards access to the waters of rivers[2]. There are numerous agreements between adjacent countries on sharing waters of transboundary rivers because of the importance of these water sources for both China and Kazakhstan. However, in spite of the fact that numerous agreements have been made, the question of water allocation is grindlocked.
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