The Islamic world - Water

16 important questions on The Islamic world - Water

Are there problems with water in the rest of the Islamic world?

Yes, the rest of the Islamic world is very dry because large areas lie in arid or semi-arid regions

What the population distribution tells you about the amount of water in a region?

1. hardly anyone lives in deserts and steppes
farmers must live close to water all the time (crops grow only in places where there is water).

What kind of people can survive in the desert?

The nomads live in deserts and stapes, they move form place to place with their livestock.
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Where in the desert is the population density the highest?

Not many people live in the desert, only in the oasises

Where in the Islamic world is the population density especeially high?

The popluation density is especially high along the three main rivers:
1. the Nile
2. the Euphrates
3. The Tigris

What do the farmers have te do in order to grow crops in this arid or semi-arid region?

The farmers dig channels or lay pipes to irrigate their fields with the river water.

Wherefor do they use the water form the South-Eastern Antaloia Project?

The water is used to:
1. irrigate land
2. to generate hydro-elecricity

What is an important source for hydro-electricity?

Fast flowing water is an important source of energy.

In what way will the level of development in the region improve by the South-Eastern Anatolia project?

1. It will changte dry landscapes into fertile farmland
2. It will provide cheap energy for businesses.

What is the downside of the South-Eastern Anatolia project?

1. the people who live there are angry.
2. Neighbouring countries are also angry. They get less water.

Whay ar Syria and Iraq angry about the South-Eastern Anatolia Project?

1 They need water for irrigation and drinking. Every drop of water matters. Now the will get less. They want their fair share of the water.

Why are the people who live there angy?

1. All the homes will be underwater, they want to stay in their birthcities.
2. There are historical pieces:
       a. pillars and a stone arch from a 12 century bridge
       b. 14-century ruin (the little palace)
       c. El lRizk mosque.
4. Many chancges to the environment:
       a. many endangered birds.
       b. dams are not good for the wildlife.
       c. the artificial fertilezers and pesticides from the cvrops will contamite
           the water in the lakes
3. Turkish government is pumping too much money into the area. (30 billion
     euros.

What is a mixed river?

A mixed river is a river that transports meltwater from glaciers and also carry rainwater too. The River Rhine is a mixed river.

What is a discharge of a river?

The discharge is the volume of water theat flows through the river at a cerain point.

What is the regime of a river?

Changes in the water flow of a river. The water flow in a river is not the same all year. A river carries more water in winter than in summer because there is more rain in winter. Some rivers in the desert even dry up during part of the year.

What is a wadi?

An wadi is a dessertriver that 's dry part of the year.

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