2.2 The Golan Heights

Question 1

In what country is the Golden Heights?

Answer 1

Syria

Question 2

What are the two problems with the Gaza aquifer in Israel?

Answer 2

It has been overdrawn and highly polluted.

Question 3

Why is the Dead Sea drying up?

Answer 3

Due to human water consumption upriver, less water left to flow into the Dead Sea.

Question 4

What is the SE Anatolia Project?

Answer 4

Turkey’s project to build 21 dams to be able to generate Hydroelectric Power and provide water for irrigation of land.

Question 5

Which two countries oppose the SE Anatolia Project? Why?

Answer 5

Iraq and Syria because the project involves damming the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers which means Turkey will have control over their main water source.

Question 6

What is the cost of the SE Anatolia Project?

Answer 6

$32 billion.

Question 7

What is the Red Sea - Dead Sea Conveyance project?

Answer 7

Jordan’s project to create a canal from the Red Sea to the dead sea in order to replenish it’s supply.

Question 8

Why didn’t the Arab League agree with the Red Sea - Dead Sea project?

Answer 8

Because they “utterly refuse consideration of any joint project to utilize the waters of the river (Jordan) with the enemy Israel.”.

Question 9

Which countries does the River Jordan run through?

Answer 9

It has tributaries from Syria and Lebanon. Then flows south though Israel and then along the Israel and Jordan border and into the Dead Sea

Question 10

Which project includes desalinisation?

Answer 10

Jordan’s Red Sea - Dead Sea project.