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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… natural change due to flooding, subsidence, drought, sea-level rise or infilling with sediment or organic … Chad in the Sahel, for example, is rarely more than 7m deep but its area varies from 25,000 km2 to less than 10,000 … from very shallow intertidal waters (less then six metres deep) but also extend far out to sea to great depths. Inland …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… 59 Case study 11. Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony (Germany) … beds and the rare impermeable bedrock make the rains seep deep into the ground soon after and during precipitation. … from serious water shortages. With the development of deep ground-water exploitation that started in the 1960s, …