Watery World Flashcards
CASE STUDY 1:
How many Syrian HEP schemes have shut down due to a lack of water- causing power cuts?
7/10
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?
500m^3
50%
CASE STUDY 1:
What makes the water polluted when it reaches Syria?
It is surface run-off from Turkish farmland.
CASE STUDY 1:
What was the population of the Marsh Arabs in the 1960s and what was it in 1995?
1960s= 60,000 1995= 6,000
CASE STUDY 1:
What is there a lack of water for in Syria?
Irrigation, homes and industry.
CASE STUDY 1:
What does the Greater Anatolia Project (GAP) consist of?
21 dams- of which 17 create hydroelectric power (HEP) energy.
CASE STUDY 1:
What does all the water provide Turkey with and what does it promote?
Renewable energy. It promotes economic development.
CASE STUDY 1:
What percentage of Turkey’s electricity do the dams create?
22%
CASE STUDY 1:
How many acres of farmland are now irrigated?
4 million
CASE STUDY 1:
By how much (%) has the cotton exports from Turkey increased?
50%
CASE STUDY 1:
What does controlling the flow in the river prevent?
Flooding downstream.
CASE STUDY 1:
What country built the Ataturk Dam?
Turkey
CASE STUDY 1:
Which year was the Ataturk Dam built?
1993
CASE STUDY 1:
True or False:
‘The Ataturk Dam is the 3rd largest in the world’.
It is the 6th largest in the world.
CASE STUDY 2:
How many visitors visit the dam each year?
1 million
CASE STUDY 2:
What new things has the dam prompted to be built?
New roads, railways and factories.
CASE STUDY 2:
How big are the ships that now transport goods up the river?
Up to 3000 tonnes
CASE STUDY 2:
How much did the dam cost to construct (on estimate)?
£23 billion
CASE STUDY 2:
How many people were re-settled because of the dam?
Over 1 million
CASE STUDY 2:
Name two impacts the 1998 flood had (before the dam was built).
Killed 3000 people and made 14 million homeless.
CASE STUDY 2:
How many tonnes of carbon dioxide will the Three Gorges Dam save?
100 million tonnes
CASE STUDY 2:
How many nuclear power stations will the dam produce the equivalent energy of?
18
CASE STUDY 2:
The Three Gorges Dam contributes towards the extinction of a rare species. What is this species? How has it done this?
The rare and unique river dolphin. It affect the breeding and feeding routines.
CASE STUDY 2:
How many farmers have lost farmland because it was flooded?
Over 500,000
