This year, there is no threat of shortage of water for irrigation in the country, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan said following a meeting on the cultivation and accumulation of grain crops.
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In 2018, despite the extremely hot and arid weather, which caused low water, the country managed to collect 45 centners of grain per hectare. The total grain harvest exceeded 5 million 200 thousand tons.
For several months of this year, twice as much, compared with 2018, the amount of precipitation recorded. The Talimarjan reservoir has accumulated 1 billion cubic meters of water, the volume of accumulated water in the remaining reservoirs is two to three times higher than last year.
In addition, the Sardobin Reservoir was commissioned in the country.
It should be noted that in Uzbekistan there is an arid climate with a small amount of precipitation - no more than 200-300 mm fall annually. The country's water resources consist of surface and groundwater, as well as sewage and drainage water.
The formation of the country's water resources mainly (by 60%) occurs by meltwater in the Syr Darya and Amu Darya basins, as well as rain and glacial waters.
The country has 17,777 natural watercourses.
The total area of irrigated land in Uzbekistan is over 4.3 million hectares, of which water is supplied through pumping stations to 2.2 million hectares.
