Literature
This “River” character remembers being forgotten at the park by his babysitter.
Harry ‘Bevel’ Ashfield
Beatrix Potter published two to three books a year for this number of decades
Two decades
This term refers to media of exchange with no intrinsic value.
fiat money
This artificial waterway provides oil access to Europe.
Suez Canal
Manufacturers use these plant-like organisms in fertilizers, animal feed, and wound dressings.
seaweeds
In “The River,” Bevel hopes to find this place in the water.
Kingdom of Christ
This ninetieth-century artist was born in Nyack, New York in 1882
This institution oversees the banking system and controls the money supply.
central bank
Agriculture requires this percent of the Mexican state of Sonora’s water supply.
90%
This group of mollusks includes snails, limpets, abalones, and nudibranchs.
gastropods
John Cheever highlights the role of time by using these two descriptors for Neddy Merrill in “The Swimmer.”
age, behavior
This Italian city contains the Fontana Maggiore
Perugia
Townspeople using salt to purchase goods from one another demonstrates this function of money.
medium of exchange
This agricultural movement inspired farmers in the Global South to grow high-yielding seed varieties.
the Green Revolution
This process causes successive generations of organisms to adapt to an environment.
natural selection
In “Down to a Sunless Sea,” mudlarks live at most for this number of years.
fifteen
Moyo Orgundipe used this medium in Mami Wata
Acylic Paint
This process unintentionally causes the intrusion of saltwater into coastal freshwater aquifers.
groundwater pumping
The Chinese government unveiled this proposal to improve rural water sanitation.
Water Ten Plan
This term refers to the unintentional catch of species like turtles, birds, and mammals while fishing.
by-catch
In “Down to a Sunless Sea,” this man is the woman’s ex-lover.
Jack
This artist painted Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley
Today, Yosemite National Park provides the majority of the water supply for this city.
San Francisco
In 2017, studies estimated that this number of people in non-industrialized nations in Africa, Asia, and South America lacked access to clean water.
2.1 billion
These pathogens play a significant role in marine ecosystems by cycling nutrients.
viruses