Articles | Volume 26, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-861-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-861-2022
Research article
 | 
17 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2022

Future upstream water consumption and its impact on downstream water availability in the transboundary Indus Basin

Wouter J. Smolenaars, Sanita Dhaubanjar, Muhammad K. Jamil, Arthur Lutz, Walter Immerzeel, Fulco Ludwig, and Hester Biemans

Viewed

Total article views: 3,771 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,686 1,005 80 3,771 56 70
  • HTML: 2,686
  • PDF: 1,005
  • XML: 80
  • Total: 3,771
  • BibTeX: 56
  • EndNote: 70
Views and downloads (calculated since 02 Aug 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 02 Aug 2021)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 3,771 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 3,560 with geography defined and 211 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 13 Dec 2024
Download
Short summary
The arid plains of the lower Indus Basin rely heavily on the water provided by the mountainous upper Indus. Rapid population growth in the upper Indus is expected to increase the water that is consumed there. This will subsequently reduce the water that is available for the downstream plains, where the population and water demand are also expected to grow. In future, this may aggravate tensions over the division of water between the countries that share the Indus Basin.