Rivers and Waterways
This river is considered sacred by Hindus but suffers from extreme pollution.
What is the Ganges River?
What makes it difficult to clean up the Ganges River?
What is rapid population growth and runoff from farming and industry?
These seasonal winds and rains shape India’s climate.
What are monsoons?
Most of China’s population lives in which region — east, west, or north?
What is east?
Which feature separates India from China?
What is Himalayan Mountains?
This Chinese river is also called the Yellow River because of the loess soil that colors its water.
What is the Huang He River?
What type of pollution often occurs in India’s rural areas due to cooking practices?
What is air pollution? (From wood, dung, and coal fires)
What type of climate does China have overall?
What is a mix of hot/dry, mild, and wet climates (varied)?
Why do few people live in western China?
What is deserts and mountains are located there?
The Korean Peninsula juts out between which two bodies of water?
What is Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan?
Which river is China’s longest and most important for transportation and farming?
What is the Yangtze River?
What happens to oxygen levels in the Yangtze River when algae grows too fast?
What is oxygen decreases, killing fish?
What affects Japan’s mild climate and heavy rainfall?
What are ocean currents?
What two deserts are found in northern China?
What are the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts?
Which country is directly east of China?
What is Japan?
River that has a nickname, the nickname, and reason for the nickname
What is Huang He? ("China's Sorrow" --- floods, they destroy crops and homes, leading to starvation)
Why do Chinese factories often ignore pollution laws?
What is to avoid slowing economic growth?
How have Japan’s farmers adapted to their mountainous terrain?
What is they build terraces along mountain slopes?
How do mountains in northern India affect the country’s development?
What is they protect India from invaders but make travel difficult?
What large body of water lies to the east of India?
What is the Bay of Bengal?
What was the goal of the Ganges Action Plan started in the 1980s?
What is reduce pollution and clean up the Ganges River?
Did air pollution or water pollution worry the Olympic athletes most in Beijing in 2008?
What is air pollution?
Why do many Indians live near the Ganges River Valley?
What is the river provides fertile soil for farming?
Mountainous country with rivers and valleys --- mild temperatures
What is South Korea?
Which desert lies north of the Huang He River?
What is the Gobi Desert?