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1
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Describe the China water transfer

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Planned to $62 billion project: tranfer 44.8 billion cubic metres of water every year from south to north

2
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Describe 3 advantages of the China water transfer

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  • Provides water in Beijing & Tianjin
  • Allows industry to develop = more wealth
  • Provides water for irrigating farmland = crops
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Describe 4 disadvantages of China water transfer

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  1. Large areas flooded = destroying habitats
      • Huge construction works = damage ecosystems
  2. Raising dam of Reservoir flooded productive farmland & forced 345,000 people to move
    1. Now have less land & poorly built housing
    2. Received little compensation & unemployed
  3. Water it supplies to Beijing = very expensive for consumers
    1. Supplies to urban areas
    2. Urban poor + rural areas have no acess
  4. Water stress in south will increases (a lot water diverted)
    1. During severe droughts = won’t be enough for drinking/irrigation for 30 million locals
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Kenya is using ___ ___ to create a sustainable water supply

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Sand Dams

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Describe how Kenya has little water (3x)

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  • Few heavy downpours per year
  • Rivers only flow during rainy season
  • During dry season = water evaporates
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How are sand dams helped the Kenyan people?

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Gives them acess to water all year round

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Describe how sand dams work

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  1. Low dam built across river
  2. During rainy season = when water flowing in river = course material trapped behind dam
  3. Water gets trapped between sand particles
  4. Sand prevents water from being evaporated in dry season
  5. When river stops flowing = water extracted by digging well, piping water through dam to tap or digging holes
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Name 3 advantages of sand dams

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  • Cheap to build
  • Use local materials
  • Don’t require much maintenance
9
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What is the disadvantage of sand dams?

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1/3 of what gets trapped behind dam = water

10
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How are sand dams mantained?

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Height of dam = raised each year to trap more sand & more water