Water in the World

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Across
  1. 7. There are ways to overcome water scarcity. Saudi Arabia has built ___________________ plants to increase the nation’s freshwater supply
  2. 9. Australia’s rainfall originates in the __________ and falls over the Great Dividing Range.
  3. 10. Availability and accessibility of water is vital. However, it is impacted by a number of factors including dam-building, political disputes, ______________________ uses and water degradation.
  4. 12. ____________________ water scarcity is when a place lacks the actual supply of water to sustain current standards of living
  5. 13. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a strong cultural and spiritual connection to water and their creation stories or _____________________.
  6. 15. Hazards associated with water include a wide range of phenomena, from floods and drought to severe storms, tropical _____________________ and tsunamis.
  7. 16. The Murray–Darling _________________ in Australia is one of the largest catchments in the world, but it is also the driest.
Down
  1. 1. Water is highly valued economically. Its greatest value is through _________________________, and also its essential role in farming.
  2. 2. There are seven main sources of fresh water: groundwater, soil moisture (green water), surface water (blue water), waste water (grey water), ______________ water, ice and water vapour.
  3. 3. Ninety-seven per cent of the Earth’s water is saline and _____% is locked up in ice caps and glaciers, leaving only 1% of water as fresh water available for human use.
  4. 4. The Great________________ Basin is Australia’s biggest groundwater basin.
  5. 5. The main uses of water include agricultural, commercial, industrial and ___________________________.
  6. 6. , The top _______________ part of Australia receives convectional rainfall.
  7. 8. Water also has cultural, spiritual and ___________________ values around the world.
  8. 11. ___________________ water scarcity is when a place lacks money to provide the population with access to safe drinking water.
  9. 14. Water is often classified as a _________________ resource because the operation of the water cycle enables the replenishment of ground, surface and stored water sources.