Water conflict:
World water hotspots
Ogallala aquifer (wikipedia)
Can you find answers to these?
1. What is an aquifer? (simple English or a
picture)
2. How large is the Ogallala aquifer (in
terms of amount of water it stores)?
3. How much has the aquifer store been
reduced by?
4. What has caused it to decrease?
5. Was a nuclear power plant allowed to
be built near the aquifer? Why or why
not?
6. Was an oil pipeline? Why or why not?
7. What can be done to conserve the
water in this area more successfully?
8. What is the Ogallala aquifer named
today?
Mexico City
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1890623,00.html
Read the Time article.
Summarise the main issues facing Mexico City town planners.
Approximately 200 words
Lake Chad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6261447.stm
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/chad_57642.html
Why are the fishermen around Lake Chad packing up their nets?
One paragraph
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Find a map showing the
countries the River Nile flows
through.
Mark on the source of the
Nile.
Mark on its mouth.
Label the Nile delta. Write one
sentence to say what a delta
is.
What direction does the River
Nile flow? S to N or N to S?
What are the countries
upstream that want to extract
water from The Nile?
Find the total annual rainfall
for Egypt. Find the average
July temperature.
How does Egypt’s climate help
to explain why the Nile is so
important to Egypt?
What other freshwater
sources does Egypt have?
The River Nile
China
http://www.watertechnology.net/projects/south_north/
http://www.renewbl.com/2010/10/26/thr
ee-gorges-dam-reaches-maximumcapacity-for-the-first-time-ever.html
Annotate a map of China with rivers
marked on (add sentences around the
outside) to show that the north suffers
drought whilst the south suffers floods.
Label the Yangtze River. Mark on where
the Three Gorges dam has been built. The
dam was a multi-purpose scheme. What
were its main purposes?
What are the 3 main uses of water in the
north?
How do planners in China aim to solve the
problem of water scarcity in the north?
On the next slide:
Create a collage photos to show:
• The source of the Ganges
• The mouth of the Ganges
• A simple map showing where it flows
• Three pictures showing three main sources of
pollution
• Label each photo so you know what it is
• A sentence saying what the G. A. P. is and what type
of pollution it is aimed at
• A sentence saying how this type of pollution is being
reduced
River Ganges
Spain: water shortage
Desalination is a process that…
A desalination plant look like this:
Three reasons Spain needs desalination plants are:
Two other countries that needs desalination plants are:
Southern
Australia
Add these labels to the correct part of the diagram using arrows and text boxes:
Iraq
• Create a hyperlink to a webpage that tells you
about the Marsh Arabs and how their lifestyle
has been under threat.
• Add a photo to this page to show how they
live
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/cur_sit/water.html
Challenge:
if time - Israel
Use this and other websites to see if you can work out what is happening
in this area of the world. How much water do people in these two
countries get each? Who gets the water from the River Jordan? Why is
there conflict over water in Israel and Palestine?
Be aware that the website given may be biased.