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Table 2 Renewable water resources by natural-economic regions of the world


Number of region
Continent, region
Water resources , km 3 /year
   
Inflow 
Local 
Cv
     
Average 
Min 
Max 
 
 
Europe
 
2900
2454
3410
0.08
1
Northern
 
705
567
829
0.08
2
Western and Central
6.0
617
356
857
0.21
3
Southern
109
546
372
828
0.18
4
North of European part of FSU
27
589
450
714
0.10
5
South of European part of FSU
123
443
275
629
0.18
 
North America
 
7890
6895
8917
0.06
6
Northern
130.0
4980
4360
5830
0.06
7
Central
70.0
1800
1004
2621
0.17
8
Southern
2.5
1110
920
1340
0.10
 
Africa
 
4050
3073
5082
0.1
9
Northern
140
41
19.0
96.0
0.34
10
Southern
86.0
399
270
549
0.14
11
Eastern
26.0
749
504
940
0.11
12
Western
30.0
1088
581
1948
0.28
13
Central
80.0
1770
1453
2263
0.09
 
Asia
 
13510
11800
15000
0.06
14
North China and Mongolia
 
1029
587
1735
0.23
15
Southern
300
1988
1535
2458
0.10
16
Western
 
490
227
931
0.35
17
South - East
120
6646
5342
7607
0.09
18
Central Asia and Kazakhstan
46.0
181
121
265
0.17
19
Siberia and Far East of Russia
218
3107
2628
3500
0.06
20
Transcaucasia
12.1
68
51.5
88.8
0.12
 
South America
 
12030
10320
14350
0.07
21
Northern
 
3340
2390
4670
0.15
22
Eastern
1900
6220
5200
7640
0.08
23
Western
 
1720
840
2380
0.18
24
Central
720
750
531
1310
0.17
 
Australia and Oceania
 
2404
1891
2880
0.1
25
Australia
 
352
228
701
0.24
26
Oceania
 
2050
1510
2570
0.10