§3.3 Water in the Middle East part 1

§3.3 Water in the Middle East part 1

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§3.3 Water in the Middle East part 1

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Planning

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Program class 2
Week 44
Week 45
Week 46
Week 47
Week 48
Week 49
§3.1
§3.2
§3.3
§3.4
repeat + practice test
 BT CH3

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Goals
  • 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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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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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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Discuss with your neighbor
How people in the M-E can still get water?

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Oases
There are places where water comes out of the ground. These are called oases

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Aquifer
A water-bearing layer in the subsurface.

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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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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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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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Let's get to work!
From §3.3, make assignments 1 through 4.

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