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Global Water Crisis- India

Published on Dec 13, 2015

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India

Global Water Crisis By-Kaylin Ackerman
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Geography Of India

  • The coastline extends 4,350 miles.
  • Bordering countries are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, Pakistan
  • The highest mountain in India is Kangchenjunga and it is 28,169 feet high
  • India is the seventh largest country in the world

Landscape And Climate Of India

  • The landscape in India is divided into five regions: the Northern mountains, the great plains, the Thar Desert, the Central Highlands and the coastal plains.
  • The Himalayas occupy most of the landscape of Northern India
  • The climate is tropical monsoon or tropical wet

Effects Of The Water Crisis

  • Every year, about 600,000 Indian children die of pneumonia or diarrhea, often caused by toxic water or poor hygiene.
  • Plants need water and sunlight. If the water that they use is not clean or good for them, the plants die.
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Other Effects Of The Water Crisis

  • Since some animals eat plants and plants need water, not many herbivores survive. With less animal for the carnivores to eat they can't survive.
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Relevant Statistical Info

  • India had the second largest population in the world at 1.22 billion, but had very little access to clean water
  • 77 million people lack access to safe water
  • 769 million lack access to improved sanitation
  • 59% of the total population lives on less than US$2 per day
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Problems

  • India has the second largest population and only a tiny amount of the 3% of fresh water in the world
  • Only a small amount of the water in India is clean, fresh water
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Solutions

  • Filtering straws that filter water when it goes through the straw
  • Donations of clean water
  • Good sanitary eqiptment for people to use so that they don't have to use rivers for showers and things like that
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