Term:
Fossil groundwater: abstraction (km3/year for a given period)
Definition:
Annual amount abstracted from deep aquifers with a very low rate of renewal (less than 1 percent per year) so considered to be non-renewable or “fossil”.
Domain:
Water
Source:
FAO Water Term # 34
Irrigation in the Middle East region in figures
AQUASTAT Survey – 2008
Irrigation in the Middle East region in figures
AQUASTAT Survey – 2008