THE CURRENT STATE OF WATER AVAILABILITY OF LANDS OF THE KYRGYZSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN
This article presents the problems of water use between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The growing demand for water resources determines the importance of a widespread transition to economical water use and management of water requirements, as well as the development of a general policy for water conservation, which is the only prospect for the development of the Central Asian region. The Aral Sea basin, located in the northern desert of Central Asia, includes two large river basins of the Amu-Darya and Syrdarya rivers. These rivers are the main transboundary waterways and flow through the terrirory of 6 countries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. The Kyrgyz Republic is located at the headwaters of the Amu-Darya and Syr-Darya rivers, and the Republic of Uzbekistan in the lower reaches of these rivers. In 2018, the republics, taking into account their national interests, agreed on the rational use of water and energy resources.