Water Flashcards
Pakistan
-floods covered a 3rd of total land in Pakistan
-over $10 billion worth in damages
Monsoon
-land heats faster than ocean, high pressure to low pressure, more rain
Houston
-Buffalo Bayou, increased deforestation leads to less interception and deep level absorption
-Leading city in flood related deaths
Cherrapunji
-Indigenous people know how to deal with monsoon better than the British
Colorado
-Colorado compact was signed in 1922
-in 1944 included Mexico
-Aims to ensure everyone along the river has access to water
Anthropogenic climate variability
-means allocation of water will become more difficult
Singapore
-Imports water from Malysia
-Want to be reliant, tube wells, earth dams aim to be sustainable
-Desalination projects
Israel/Palestine
-Palestine already living there, Israel feel they are owed land
-Israel have access to water as they are developed
-largely blocked Palestines access to water
-Only allowed access in 2015 for the first ever planned city
Mekong
-China creates tensions downstream as they are creating dams
-8 dams with more under construction
-The river ends up being polluted
Mid-Latitude depressions
-deep low pressure and mid latitude depressions stall over UK
River Severn
-Stalling of jet stream lead to prolonged rainfall
-3 times as much rainfall compared to normal
-creates wet antedecent conditions and overland flow
-Large amounts of the river severn being flooded
-40 people had to evacuate from ironbridge
California Drought
-Reliant on snowmelt for water
-Consistent levels of drought (13% less than normal in 2013)
Agricultural drought
- Occurs when there is insufficient soil moisture to meet the needs low levels of long-term rain Depends on whether evaporation is high!
Meteorological Drought
occurs when long-term precipitation is much lower than normal
Australia Drought
-Groundwater accounts for 17% of accessible water resource and 30% of total water use
-concentrated in certain areas of basin