Watery World

Question 1

CASE STUDY 1:

How many Syrian HEP schemes have shut down due to a lack of water- causing power cuts?

Answer 1

7/10

Question 2

CASE STUDY 1:
What is the flow rate of water that Syria now receives flowing through Euphrates? What percentage is this compared to what it used to receive?

Answer 2

500m^3

50%

Question 3

CASE STUDY 1:

What makes the water polluted when it reaches Syria?

Answer 3

It is surface run-off from Turkish farmland.

Question 4

CASE STUDY 1:

What was the population of the Marsh Arabs in the 1960s and what was it in 1995?

Answer 4

1960s= 60,000
1995= 6,000

Question 5

CASE STUDY 1:

What is there a lack of water for in Syria?

Answer 5

Irrigation, homes and industry.

Question 6

CASE STUDY 1:

What does the Greater Anatolia Project (GAP) consist of?

Answer 6

21 dams- of which 17 create hydroelectric power (HEP) energy.

Question 7

CASE STUDY 1:

What does all the water provide Turkey with and what does it promote?

Answer 7

Renewable energy. It promotes economic development.

Question 8

CASE STUDY 1:

What percentage of Turkey’s electricity do the dams create?

Answer 8

22%

Question 9

CASE STUDY 1:

How many acres of farmland are now irrigated?

Answer 9

4 million

Question 10

CASE STUDY 1:

By how much (%) has the cotton exports from Turkey increased?

Answer 10

50%

Question 11

CASE STUDY 1:

What does controlling the flow in the river prevent?

Answer 11

Flooding downstream.

Question 12

CASE STUDY 1:

What country built the Ataturk Dam?

Answer 12

Turkey

Question 13

CASE STUDY 1:

Which year was the Ataturk Dam built?

Answer 13

1993

Question 14

CASE STUDY 1:
True or False:
‘The Ataturk Dam is the 3rd largest in the world’.

Answer 14

It is the 6th largest in the world.

Question 15

CASE STUDY 2:

How many visitors visit the dam each year?

Answer 15

1 million

Question 16

CASE STUDY 2:

What new things has the dam prompted to be built?

Answer 16

New roads, railways and factories.

Question 17

CASE STUDY 2:

How big are the ships that now transport goods up the river?

Answer 17

Up to 3000 tonnes

Question 18

CASE STUDY 2:

How much did the dam cost to construct (on estimate)?

Answer 18

£23 billion

Question 19

CASE STUDY 2:

How many people were re-settled because of the dam?

Answer 19

Over 1 million

Question 20

CASE STUDY 2:

Name two impacts the 1998 flood had (before the dam was built).

Answer 20

Killed 3000 people and made 14 million homeless.

Question 21

CASE STUDY 2:

How many tonnes of carbon dioxide will the Three Gorges Dam save?

Answer 21

100 million tonnes

Question 22

CASE STUDY 2:

How many nuclear power stations will the dam produce the equivalent energy of?

Answer 22

18

Question 23

CASE STUDY 2:

The Three Gorges Dam contributes towards the extinction of a rare species. What is this species? How has it done this?

Answer 23

The rare and unique river dolphin. It affect the breeding and feeding routines.

Question 24

CASE STUDY 2:

How many farmers have lost farmland because it was flooded?

Answer 24

Over 500,000

Question 25

CASE STUDY 2:

How many acres of land have been lost and how much (%) did this provide of China’s grain harvest?

Answer 25

100,000 acres

10%

Question 26

CASE STUDY 2:

What will the dam trap and why?

Answer 26

The sediment travelling downstream.

It reduces the capacity of the reservoir and produces a natural fertilizer.

Question 27

CASE STUDY 2:

What will be created?

Answer 27

New jobs

Question 28

CASE STUDY 2:

What will be improved?

Answer 28

Economic development—-> the lives of local people

Wages and standards of living

Question 29

CASE STUDY 2:
True or false?
‘Many new homes have been built for the people that had to re-settle. They may be better than the old ones.’

Answer 29

False