Water Flashcards

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Pakistan

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-floods covered a 3rd of total land in Pakistan
-over $10 billion worth in damages

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2
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Monsoon

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-land heats faster than ocean, high pressure to low pressure, more rain

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Houston

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-Buffalo Bayou, increased deforestation leads to less interception and deep level absorption
-Leading city in flood related deaths

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4
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Cherrapunji

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-Indigenous people know how to deal with monsoon better than the British

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5
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Colorado

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-Colorado compact was signed in 1922
-in 1944 included Mexico
-Aims to ensure everyone along the river has access to water

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6
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Anthropogenic climate variability

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-means allocation of water will become more difficult

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7
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Singapore

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-Imports water from Malysia
-Want to be reliant, tube wells, earth dams aim to be sustainable
-Desalination projects

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8
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Israel/Palestine

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-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

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9
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Mekong

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-China creates tensions downstream as they are creating dams
-8 dams with more under construction
-The river ends up being polluted

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10
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Mid-Latitude depressions

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-deep low pressure and mid latitude depressions stall over UK

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11
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River Severn

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-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

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12
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California Drought

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-Reliant on snowmelt for water
-Consistent levels of drought (13% less than normal in 2013)

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13
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Agricultural drought

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  • Occurs when there is insufficient soil moisture to meet the needs low levels of long-term rain Depends on whether evaporation is high!
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14
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Meteorological Drought

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occurs when long-term precipitation is much lower than normal

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15
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Australia Drought

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-Groundwater accounts for 17% of accessible water resource and 30% of total water use
-concentrated in certain areas of basin

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16
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El Nino/La Nina

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-Rain in Asia (rice) as there is low pressure
-Switches so more rain in the West (El nino)
-Switches so more rain in East (La nina)