Investigation of physicochemical properties of water in downstream areas of selected dams in Aras catchment and water quality assessment (Case study: Aras catchment in the border area of Iran and Armenia)
Subject Areas :Ebrahim Safizadeh 1 , Dariush Karimi 2 , Hamid Reza Gahfarzadeh 3 , Seyed Abbas Pourhashemi 4
1 - Department of Environmental Law, Faculty of Natural Resources and The Environment, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Management, Environmental Law, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment (FNRE) , Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and The Environment, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Law, Faculty of Natural Resources and The Environment, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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