The Indus Basin Irrigation System (Pakistan) - Example
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- Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS)
- What is it?
- The largest continuous irrigation scheme in the world
- Three large dams and over a hundred smaller dams regulate water flow
- Link canals enable water to be transferred between rivers
- Over 1.6 million km of ditches and streams provide irrigation for Pakistan's agricultural land
- Smaller canals distribute the water across the countryside
- Advantages of the scheme
- Improves food security for Pakistan, making 40% more land available for cultivation
- Irrigation has increased crop yields
- Diets have improved as a greater range of food products is available
- HEP is generated by the large dams
- Disadvantages of the scheme
- Some farmers take an unfair share of the water
- Poor irrigation techniques mean water is wasted salinisation (increased saltiness) can damage the soil
- Population growth will increase the demand for water
- High costs to maintain reservoir capacity
- What is it?
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