Cherrapunji, India Flashcards
What physical factors affect the water?
Monsoon climate so huge variations
Impervious ground/impermeable so difficult to access groundwater
Climate change exacerbates problem
What human factors affect the water?
Lack of dams so cannot retain a huge sudden water supply (monsoon)
Aquaculture damages supply
Overpopulation - 15 times since 1961
How much has global warming reduced the rain by each year?
20%
Why is there not much deforestation?
Have sacred forests
Why are Cherrapunji losing?
Facing effects of rest of the world’s global warming contribution
What industrialisation is there?
Just the cement plant
What is the climate like?
Long summers, short winters
Monsoon
Unexpected erratic rain and localised within Cherrapunji
Summers stretch to November
How has the temperature changed?
Risen by 2/3 degrees
What is being done to help?
Large trucks sell large containers of water to residents
Why else is it suffering?
Tourism decline
No education on water harvesting
Why is tourism suffering?
Fear for waterfalls drying up (major attraction)
Mehalaya is outcompeting Cherrapunji’s tourist areas but is also drying up but at a slower rate
