55 196. International Year of Freshwater, 2003

There are both freshwater and saltwater mussels.

I believe this fish is a freshwater fish.

I believe this fish is a freshwater fish.

The trout is a species of freshwater fish.

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China.

And, because they rely on seawater, they cause no freshwater scarcity.

1. Proclaims the year 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater

These rivers provide freshwater and other natural resources to the city.

56 192. Status of preparations for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003

57 252. Activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003

Less than 0.3 of all freshwater is in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere, and an even smaller amount of the Earth's freshwater (0.003 ) is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products.

Freshwater Finless Porpoises which inhabit the Yangtze River are now on the verge of extinction.

Baikal is the globe s largest freshwater lake and is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Nature s water replenishment capacity is fixed, limiting the world s usable freshwater resources to about 200,000 cubic kilometers.

Recalling its resolution 55 196 of 20 December 2000, in which it proclaimed 2003 the International Year of Freshwater, and its resolution 56 192 of 21 December 2001 on the status of preparations for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003,

Noting the ongoing work in the United Nations system and the work of other intergovernmental organizations on freshwater,

However, eels are catadromous, meaning that part of their life circle is in freshwater and part in saltwater.

At the northern tip of Jiangxi, Lake Poyang, the biggest freshwater lake in China, merges into the river.

Recalling its resolution 55 196 of 20 December 2000, in which it proclaimed 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater,

Recalling its resolution 55 196 of 20 December 2000, by which it proclaimed the year 2003 the International Year of Freshwater,

Moreover, the water level of China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, has dropped to the lowest point in its recorded history.

The Tibetan plateau s vast glaciers, huge underground springs and high altitude make Tibet the world s largest freshwater repository after the polar icecaps.

The bad news about mega droughts and freshwater scarcity stretches from Brazil to California to conflict ridden countries in the Middle East.

The World Wide Fund For Nature divides the Missouri River watershed into three freshwater ecoregions the Upper Missouri, Lower Missouri and Central Prairie.

There are 212 mammal species, 536 bird species, 240 reptile species, 850 freshwater fish species (Tonle Sap Lake area), and 435 marine fish species.

Populations of freshwater vertebrates have declined on average by nearly 50 since 1987, while populations of terrestrial and marine species have fallen by around 30 .

One type of aquaculture is devoted to the farming of bivalves such as oysters and mussels, or to freshwater fish such as carp and tilapia.

Climate change has already led to changes in freshwater and marine ecosystems in eastern and southern Africa, and terrestrial ecosystems in southern and western Africa.

The organization is fighting against reopening highly polluting Baikalsk cellulose plant located on the bank of the Baikal Lake, the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world.

But such is the nuclear industry s water intensity that EDF withdraws up to 19 billion cubic meters of water per year from rivers and lakes, or roughly half of France s total freshwater consumption. Freshwater scarcity is a growing international challenge, and the vast majority of countries are in no position to approve of such highly water intensive inland based energy systems.

Freshwater scarcity is a growing international challenge, and the vast majority of countries are in no position to approve of such highly water intensive inland based energy systems.

5. Requests the Secretary General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty seventh session a progress report on the preparations for the International Year of Freshwater.

Wetlands 19(1) 209 219 Lauren E. Nolfo Clements Seasonal variations in habitat availability, habitat selection, and movement patterns of Myocastor coypus on a subtropical freshwater floating marsh.

Asia, the world s driest continent in terms of per capita freshwater availability, needs a rules based system to manage water stress, maintain rapid economic growth, and ensure environmental sustainability.

Bourgeois S., Kocher T., Schelander P. (2003), Case study Zambezi river basin , ETH Seminar Science and Politics of International Freshwater Management 2003 04 Davies B.R., Beilfuss R., Thoms M.C.

It relies on plants (plankton sometimes supplemented by agricultural by products in the case of freshwater fish) to generate a net addition to the fish food supply available to consumers.

The Allier River is one of the rare places in Southern Europe where the freshwater grayling ( Thymallus thymallus ), known in French as ombre des rivières , occurs in a natural habitat.

The latter amounts to about 730 km3 and would form a 135 cm freshwater layer over the entire sea it is the second largest in the world after the Kara sea.

In Israel the Rift Valley is dominated by the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee (an important freshwater source also known as Lake Tiberias and Lake Kinneret), and the Dead Sea.

The Tibetan Plateau, for example, is the world s largest freshwater repository and the source of Asia s greatest rivers, including those that are the lifeblood for mainland China and South and Southeast Asia.

4. Requests the Secretary General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty seventh session an interim report on the activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003.

The lake s ecosystem formed thanks to the clean and incredibly cold water (typically 10 ) and is noted for its thickets of freshwater sponges, creating something that resembles the reefs of the Carribean.

The report estimates that a 10 reduction in the productive capacity of soils and freshwater areas alone could lead to a reduction in the trade balance equivalent to more than 4 of GDP.

But such is the nuclear industry s water intensity that EDF withdraws up to 19 billion cubic meters of water per year from rivers and lakes, or roughly half of France s total freshwater consumption.