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§3.3 Water in the Middle East part 1 and 2
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§3.3 Water in the Middle East part 1
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At the end of this lesson:
You can list several reasons why much of the Middle East faces water shortages
You can explain that there are natural and human causes of water shortage
You know the names of places in the desert where you can find water
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Slide 3 - Video
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Why is there little rainfall in the ME?
Middle Eastern climate: there is little precipitation in many countries (steppe or desert climate).
Where precipitation does fall, there is much evaporation (Mediterranean climate)
As a result, there is a water shortage throughout the M-E
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Mountains
Enough water falls in the mountains, but water is not distributed fairly among countries there
Countries build dams in the mountains to control the water
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Slide 7 - Video
Water shortage in Middle East caused by humans
Population grows rapidly (people use water)
Economic growth (e.g. factories use a lot of water)
Dams are built (some countries then have little water)
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More population
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More prosperity
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Built the dams
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To do-
1. Write down: which causes of drought can you name? Divide them between natural and human causes.
2.Paragraph 2 finished? Paragraph 3 1 to. 5
NOTE! Evaluation test: 17th of march
3.Time for a game?
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Now you know:
You can list several reasons why much of the Middle East faces water shortages
You can explain that there are natural and human causes of water shortage
Slide 13 - Slide
At the end of this lesson:
You know the names of places in the desert where you can find water
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Oases
There are places where water comes out of the ground. These are called oases
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Well oases
Wadi
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River oases
: Oasis fed by a river that originates in a wetter region before flowing through the desert.
The Nile in Egypt
River oases
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Aquifer
A water-bearing layer in the subsurface.
FOSSIL WATER
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Slide 19 - Video
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Aquifer
Due to aquifer sometimes in desert areas agriculture is possible
But the problem about using this water is that the aquifer will not fill up again
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Salinization
Farmers pump a lot of water from the aquifer.
This water is a little salty
The water evaporates and salt is left behind
Salinization
= soil too salty and therefore no more farming possible
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To do:
§3.3-6 to finished
Check your answers
Draw keywords
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