The Islamic world - Water
16 important questions on The Islamic world - Water
Are there problems with water in the rest of the Islamic world?
What the population distribution tells you about the amount of water in a region?
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?
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Where in the desert is the population density the highest?
Where in the Islamic world is the population density especeially high?
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?
Wherefor do they use the water form the South-Eastern Antaloia Project?
1. irrigate land
2. to generate hydro-elecricity
What is an important source for hydro-electricity?
In what way will the level of development in the region improve by the South-Eastern Anatolia project?
2. It will provide cheap energy for businesses.
What is the downside of the South-Eastern Anatolia project?
2. Neighbouring countries are also angry. They get less water.
Whay ar Syria and Iraq angry about the South-Eastern Anatolia Project?
Why are the people who live there angy?
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?
What is a discharge of a river?
What is the regime of a river?
What is a wadi?
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