The Middle East
Per-capita availability of safe _________ water here is the worst of any region in the world.
What is drinking?
Turkey has a “water advantage” over other Middle Eastern countries because the ______________ rivers form here
What is Tigris and Euphrates?
Saudi Arabia has built a number of __________ plants that provide most of the country’s drinking water.
What is desalination plants?
A lack of water from the Tigris and Euphrates has negatively impacted the country’s ______ supply.
What is food?
Since its creation in ______, Israel has developed new technology and advanced farming techniques
What is 1948?
Southwest Asia’s biggest pollution problems come from _______________, agricultural runoff, and industrial waste
What is human sewage?
Turkey has developed the Southeastern Anatolia Project, which consists of ________ and 19 hydroelectric plants along the Euphrates River.
What is 22 dams?
Syria already suffers from ___________, and irrigating new land is extremely difficult with the diminished water supply from the Euphrates
What is food shortages?
Also, ______ decades of warfare have caused damage to Iraq’s water treatment plants.
What is farmland?
_________ used in farming are washed into rivers or seep into groundwater.
What is Pesticides ?
The Anatolia Project has greatly improved _______________ for Turkey’s citizens
What is the standard of living?
Syria lacks water for proper __________, often leading to a shortage of crops.
What is irrigation?
Iraq also faces water pollution problems as a result of industry and _____________drilling equipment.
What is petroleum?
Because rainfall is down, Israel has to rely on drawing water from its _________ (underground layer of rock and sand that contains water).
What are aquifers?
Less than ______ of the world’s fresh water is available to the area’s inhabitants
What is 1%?
This country receives less water due to Turkey's dams and has been at odds with Turkey because of this.
Who is Syria?
Water is scarce in Saudi Arabia, and what little water that is available is of poor quality because of _______________
What is salt water intrusion?
Due to a lack of irrigation, _____________ production has decreased dramatically, and many farmers are now without jobs.
What is wheat and rice?
Citizens in Jordan can only get water ______ days a week.
What is two?
______ of the World's population lives in the Middle East
What is 5%?
The dams that Turkey built along the Euphrates have greatly reduced the amount of water reaching Syria by __________
What is 40%?
Syria's dams have reduced the river’s flow into ________, thus causing more conflict.
Who is Iraq?
The dams that Turkey & Syria built along the Euphrates have also greatly reduced the amount of water reaching Iraq by _______________.
Jordan is one of the _______ most water scarce countries in the world
What it ten?