Table 4. Renewable water resources and potential water availability by natural - economic regions of the world
 

Number of region		Area	Population	Water resources					Potential water availability
	Continent, region	mln.km2	in mln.	Inflow	Local			Cv	(in thou. m3/year)
			1994	km3/year	average	min	max		per 1 km2	per capita
	Europe	10.46	684.7		2900	2454	3410	0.08	277	4.24
1	Northern	1.32	23.2		705	567	829	0.08	534	30.4
2	Central	1.86	293	6	617	356	857	0.21	333	2.12
3	Southern	1.79	188	109	546	372	828	0.18	335	3.19
4	North of the European part of FSU	2.71	28.5	27	589	450	714	0.1	222	21.1
5	South of the European part of FSU	2.78	152	123	443	275	629	0.18	181	3.32
	North America	24.3	453		7890	6895	8917	0.06	325	17.4
6	Canada and Alaska	13.67	29	130	4980	4360	5830	0.06	369	174
7	USA	7.84	261	70	1800	1004	2621	0.17	234	7.03
8	Central America and Caribbean	2.74	163	2.5	1110	920	1340	0.1	406	6.82
	Africa	30.1	708		4050	3073	5082	0.1	135	5.72
9	Northern	8.78	157	140	41	19	96	0.34	12.6	0.71
10	Southern	5.11	83.5	86	399	270	549	0.14	86.5	5.29
11	East	5.17	193.5	26	749	504	940	0.11	147	3.94
12	West	6.96	211.3	30	1088	581	1948	0.28	158	5.22
13	Central	4.08	62.8	80	1770	1453	2263	0.09	444	28.8
	Asia	43.5	3445		13510	11800	15000	0.06	311	3.92
14	North China and Mongolia	8.29	482		1029	587	1735	0.23	124	2.13
15	Southern	4.49	1214	300	1988	1535	2458	0.1	476	1.76
16	Western	6.82	232		490	227	931	0.35	71.8	2.11
17	South East	6.95	1404	120	6646	5342	7607	0.09	965	4.78
18	Central Asia and Kazakhstan	3.99	54	46	181	121	265	0.17	51.1	3.78
19	Siberia and Far East of Russia	12.76	42	218	3107	2628	3500	0.06	252	76.6
20	Transcaucasia	0.19	16	12.1	68	51.5	88.8	0.12	390	4.63
	South America	17.9	314.5		12030	10320	14350	0.07	672	38.3
21	Northern	2.55	57.3		3340	2390	4670	0.15	1310	58.3
22	Eastern	8.51	159.1	1900	6220	5200	7640	0.08	843	45.1
23	Western	2.33	48.6		1720	840	2380	0.18	738	35.4
24	Central	4.46	49.4	720	750	531	1310	0.17	249	22.5
	Australia and Oceania	8.95	28.7		2404	1891	2880	0.1	269	83.8
25	Australia	7.68	17.9		352	228	701	0.24	45.8	19.7
26	Oceania	1.27	10.8		2050	1510	2570	0.1	1614	190
	The World	135	5634		42784	39775	44751	0.03	316	7.59