§1.4 Water in China part 1

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§1.4 Water in China part 1

Today:

Introduction: water surplus and water shortage

Solving mysteries

Movie & solutions

Homework 

The end

Lesson objective(s) 

At the end of this lesson you can:

(4) describe the consequences of the unevenly distribution of water in China

Introduction 

The water in China is unevenly distributed. The south is wet, The north is dry

What effect does this have on water management in China?

This lesson: Yangtze river. Next lesson: Huang He

"Yellow" and "Blue" river

Yellow river (Huang He)

Blue river (Yangtze)

Regime

Fluctuations of the flow rate of the river during the year

Catchment area

Area that drains into the main river of a river system.

Flow rate and regime

The flow rate is the amount of water flowing through the river at a given point. The flow rate is m3 per second

The fluctuations in the flow rate are called the regime 

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How can the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) have a peak discharge in the month of June? 

Solve the mystery

There are more floods in the Yangtse river nowadays. The reason is because of human behaviour.  

Find out what the reason is

and explain it

Tip: Its something about trees

Flooding: the solution?

Hydroelectric dam

• Too much water in the river? Keep the water 
• Too little water in the river? Open the dam

More benefits of a dam? 

Homework

Read §1.4 introduction  + flooding

Make §1.4 assignments 1 to 5