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ABSTRACT
Over sixty per cent of the irrigated acreage of Soviet Armenia is concentrated in the Araratskaya Valley which constitutes the principal lowland area. Total irrigation developments of the republic in 1963 covered some 262,000 hectares and required an estimated diversion of 3.85 billion cubic meters annually. Long-range goals set by the Water Resources Ministry call for a doubling of the 1963 level of irrigation development.
Resultant diversion requirements would then approach 7.7 billion cubic meters. Under present conditions it is feasible to divert an average of 6.49 billion cubic meters annually. To overcome long-range water deficits the Armenians are now attempting to regulate the water balance of Lake Sevan. Closely associated with water conservation are projects which provide for optimum land usage such as the acid-flush reclamation of saline soils in the Arazdayan Steppe.