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… a shared river, a shared basin and an international watercourse? 1.2 How are different water basin States … but to international watercourses. The international watercourse is no longer defined as a geographical area but … as a geographic area. It is therefore broader than a watercourse. The additional definition of a water basin, …

… natural character; 1. The social and economic needs of the watercourse States concerned; 2. The population dependent on the watercourse in each watercourse State; 3. The effects of the use or uses of the …

… is to prevent adverse transboundary effects on other watercourse states. Thus, these duties appear as mechanisms … wishing to do that which will affect an international watercourse cannot decide whether another state’s interest … (p.15). The obligation of notification provides that a watercourse state which plans to carry or permit activities …

… prescribes a specific quality standard for a particular watercourse, effectively proscribing pollution that would … aquifers that are hydrologically connected with a surface watercourse. In such circumstances, groundwater extraction …