North to South
These 2 rivers form the boundaries of China Proper, and they're the lifeblood of the country.
What are the Yangtze and the Yellow? (in that order)
The change in the earth climate, fueled by melting ice sheets
What is global warming?
The process by which water is cleaned.
What is water treatment?
The population of China shifted to these regions by more than a percentage point a year from 1980 to 2017
What are urban regions?
The three largest provinces of China that are not water-stressed.
What are Inner Mongolia, Xianjang, and Tibet?
The process by which water is typically brought down to the surface, of which North China lacks.
What is rainfall?
The shortage or lack of water in China
What is water scarcity?
The fastest growing sector in water consumption in China from 1980-2030.
What is the Industrial sector?
These 3 biggest Chinese cities are its capital, its most populous, and the commercial heartbeat on the Pearl River.
What are Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou?
The lack of water, of which has created a powerful water stress on North China.
What is a drought?
The state control of this potentially encourages overuse.
What are water prices?
DAILY DOUBLE
Author who argued that China's water crisis was caused by urbanization
DAILY DOUBLE
This heavy industry is centered in the north near Shanghai, but it provides for all of China.
What is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?
The process by which pollutants are often released into sewage systems.
What is water runoff?
The second most water intensive industry in China.
What is manufacturing?
These three rivers start in the Tibetan Plateau, but continue southeast out of China, to empty in other nations.
What are the Mekong, the Irrawaddy, and the Brahmaputra?
The lake that sources the largest river in China, and the third largest on the planet
What is Dongting Lake?
The process by which brackish water intrudes on over pumped aquifers
What is saltwater intrusion?
The amount, in millions, by which China grew between 1980 and 2023
How much is 400?