India

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.

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.

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

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

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