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Water resources in the Mediterranean are distributed unevenly from north to south and from east to west. Here is a graphical representation of the overall water balance around the Mediterranean Sea.

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all numbers are in km³/year

I - Basins in the Mediterranean riparian countries (MRC);
II - Basins in the Mediterranean non-riparian countries (nMRC);

P - precipitation;
ETR - evapotranspiration
ETR' - evaporation from rivers
F - flux that enters the rivers
U - utilization
A - flux that enters Mediterranean rivers in the nMC
A' - loss from Nile in Sudan
A'' - evaporation from Assuan
A''' - flux that enters the MC through rivers
Er - river flux into the Mediterranean Sea
Es - underground flux into the Mediterranean Sea