Contested Planet - Water Conflicts 3.0 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Ilona ****Created on: 02-05-13 13:39 What percentage of precipitation in California is left for human use? 22% 1 of 17 what is the spatial imbalance of supply and demand of water in California? 75% of the rainfall is in the north but 75% of the demand comes from the South 2 of 17 What was the cost of the Three Gorges Dam? $22.5 billion 3 of 17 How many people were displace by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam? 1.9 million 4 of 17 How much electricity will the Three Gorges Dam generate? 18,000 MW - this will power 1/3 of chinese homes 5 of 17 How many tonnes of GHG have been cut since the construction of the dam? 100 million tonnes 6 of 17 What was the cost of China's North-South transfer project? $62 billion 7 of 17 What is the length of the transfer project? 13,000 km 8 of 17 What rivers does the transfer project involve? water is shifted from the Yangtze, Huai and Han rivers to the Yellow river 9 of 17 how many people were diplaced for the transfer project? 380,000 people 10 of 17 What year is China expected to reach 'water stress levels' ? 2030 11 of 17 What type of scarcity is India an example of? Physical scarcity 12 of 17 Why does North India have a more secure water supply? Permeable rocks to allow aquifers, recieves a large amount of relief rainfall, 3 major rivers in the North (Ganges, Indus & Brahmaputra) 13 of 17 The Nile is shared by how many countries? Name 3. 10 countries share the resources of the Nile, e.g. Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, DRC, Kenya and Rwanda 14 of 17 what country (using the Nile) uses 93% of water use for agricultural puposes? Ethiopia 15 of 17 what percentage of water for Australia does the Murray Basin provide? 75% and 85% of their irrigation water 16 of 17 how many people is the Murray Darling Basin home to? 2 million 17 of 17
Edexcel A2 Geography Unit 3 - Topic 2: Water Conflicts - Section 1: The Geography of Water Supply - Part A 0.0 / 5
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