Mongolia Faces Worsening Water Shortages: Official: "Mongolia will face worsening water shortages due to decreased rainfall and rising temperatures, an official warned Tuesday.
D. Dorjsuren, secretary general of the National Water Committee, said at a seminar that Mongolia's average annual temperature has risen 1.9 degrees Celsius during the past 60 years while annual rainfall has fallen by about 10 percent.
A water census conducted in 2007 showed that Mongolia's number of rivers dropped from 5,565 in 2003 to 5,121 in 2007, streams from 9,600 to 9,340, and lakes from 4,193 to 3,732."
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