Hard engineering water management schemes Flashcards
GAP Project- How much energy will the hydroelectric power plants generate for Turkey?
22%
GAP Project- How many electric powerplants will be built in Turkey?
17
GAP Project- There will be irrigation schemes over an area of how many hectares?
1.7 million
GAP Project- What village is at risk from flooding, which is where the first road had been recorded and what province is it in?
Hasankyef, Batman
Gap Project- with which two other countries does this project create conflict with?
Syria and Iraq
GAP Project- What did Iraq do in 1974?
Put troops on the Syrian border and threatened to destroy Syria’s dam. No physical conflict occurred.
GAP Project- How much does it cost and who is it funded by and why?
$32 billion, funded by national government as the world bank has refused to fund it.
GAP Project- Which two rivers are involved?
Euphrates and Tigris
Three Gorges Dam- Which two cities are located on this river?
Shanghai and Chongqing
Three Gorges Dam- What is the river called?
Yangtze
Three Gorges Dam- How many people have to be resettled?
1.3 million
Three Gorges Dam- How much of China’s energy needs is produced by the Three Gorges Dam?
10%
Three Gorges Dam- How many generators are there?
34
Three Gorges Dam- What is the environmental concern?
climate deteriorated, plants and wildlife disappeared, historical relics submerged.
Three Gorges Dam- what is the concern regarding the river itself?
It has increased pollution, a lot of land erosion along the Yangtze River, particularly taking place upstream, which results in high amounts of water pollution.
