Ministry of Water and Irrigation: The recent depression supplemented the dams by about (2) million cubic meters

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2022/02/05

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab Weather</strong> - The Ministry of Water and Irrigation said that the last air depression supplied the main dams with about (2) million m3 during the past (24) hours, explaining that <strong>the largest amount entered the King Talal Dam about 1,250 million m3</strong> , and that the total quantities of water that entered Dams from the beginning of the rainy season until this morning <strong>amounted to (35,5) million cubic meters.</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Regarding the precipitation rates, it showed that the cumulative rainfall that fell from the beginning of the season on all governorates of the Kingdom until Saturday morning <strong>rose to (58%) of the long-term annual average</strong> of (8.1 billion m3), and that the highest amount of precipitation was in <strong>Karak</strong> and reached ( 36.8) mm.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Regarding the amounts of rainfall recorded at the stations of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation during the past 24 hours, she indicated that the capital, Amman, recorded an average of (18.7) mm, Balqa (14.5 mm, Madaba (8.5) mm, and Zarqa (4.4) Jerash (7.4) mm, Mafraq (3.4) mm, Irbid (10.2) mm, Ajloun (8.2) mm, Karak (22.6) mm, Tafila (12.6) mm, Sheen (3) mm, Aqaba (1,9) mm.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On the percentage of annual rainfall rates on the governorates, it showed that the highest rates are in Aqaba (148.5%) of the long-term annual average, Balqa (78.9%), Amman - Marka (76.7%), Jabal Al-Hussein (72.2%) ), Wadi Al-Seer (68.6%), Irbid (69.5%), Ajloun (60.4%), Jerash (38.3%), Mafraq (40.4%), Madaba (53.9%), Karak (48%), Tafila (32.6%), Shobak (30.7%), Ma&#39;an (48%)</p>

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