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Cyprus is a major tourist destination in the Mediterranean. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] With an advanced , [ 4 ] high-income economy and a very high Human Development Index , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] the Republic of Cyprus has been a member of the Commonwealth since 1961 and was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement until it joined the European Union on 1 May ...
The company has also been known as Kone-Jyrä Ltd, Oy Tanacorp Ltd until in 2003 the current owner renamed the company Tana Ltd . Kone-Jyrä Ltd was known for the cancelled Iraq deal. In the late 1980s, the Iraqi government wanted to buy 16 motorboats from the company but due to the Gulf War , the deal was cancelled.
Cyprus is short of surface water and groundwater due to inadequate rainfall. The project aims to supply Northern Cyprus with water from Turkey for a timespan of 50 years. Of the 75 million m 3 water, 37.76 million m 3 (50.3%) will be used for drinking purposes and the remaining part (49.7%) will be allocated for irrigation.
Bodies of water of Northern Cyprus (4 P) B. Bays of Cyprus (6 P) L. Lakes of Cyprus (2 P) R. Rivers of Cyprus (7 P)
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Cyprus has a total of 108 dams and reservoirs, [1] with a total water storage capacity of about 330,000,000 m 3. Dams remain the principal source of water both for domestic and agricultural use. Water desalination plants are gradually being constructed in order to deal with recent years of prolonged drought.
The Santa Ynez Reservoir, a 117-million-gallon water resource near the Pacific Palisades, was under renovation and empty when fires tore through the Los Angeles neighborhood last week and ...
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