2018
DOI: 10.4172/2475-7675.1000133
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Resources and Water Sharing in the Oasis of Beni Abbes (Southwest ofAlgeria); Oasis System in Decline

Abstract: Water plays a major role in the Algerian Sahara; it is the main cause of sustaining life of all living in an arid environment. Farmers in Beni Abbes exploiting groundwater for irrigation and to supply the urban center of the oasis, now the size of the palm grove of Beni Abbes shrink by over 50%, that is to say from 40 hectares to 20 hectares only, the oasis suffers from several causes of degradation, which are many: the overexploitation of groundwater aquifers by the anarchical use of pumps and boreholes,salin… Show more

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