§1.4 Water in China parr 2

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§1.4 Water in China part 2

Program

• Throwback previous lesson
• Shortage of water
• Mysterie 2: why the name 'Yellow river'
• How to solve water shortages
• Homework
• The end

What is the longest river of Asia?

1. Mekong
2. Huang He
3. Yangtze
4. Ganges

What is the reason for the big amounts of floods in the Yangtze river?

1. because of water dams
2. because of the mass agriculture
3. because of the deforestation
4. because of soil erosion

What is the reason of the big flow rate in the Yangtze river in June?

1. a lot of precipitation and melting glaciers
2. a lot of precipitation
3. melting glaciers

What was the solution for the floods?

1. Planting more trees
2. Take more water for agriculture
3. They built a dam in the river
4. They gave the river more space

Huang He: the yellow river

- Why the yellow colour?

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What is the reason (name a geographic term) why the Huang He has a yellow color?

Soil erosion

The problem of shortage water

There used to be enough water in the Yellow River for the dry north, but not anymore. What is the reason?

1. People have started using more water for agriculture, industry and households
2. Construction of dams

Assignment: How do you get enough water in northern China?

Consider what China can do to solve water shortages in the North

Homework

Read §1.4

Make §1.4 assignments 6 and 7