People like to live near fresh water for drinking water and irrigation. However, there are not a lot of cities right on the banks of the Yellow River in China. WHY?

Violation of the Hindu religion

What was a result of China's massive industrialization in the 1990's?

decrease in the amount of forests

a decrease in the amount of people getting sick

In India, air pollution is a very serious problem. What is the primary cause of the serious indoor air pollution problem in India?

Cooking and heating with coal and animal waste

Lack of green cleaning products

Why are the monsoons important to the people of India?

They give people an opportunity to build new homes.

Because they make it easy to raise cattle.

What is a solution to control flooding?

set up clean-up campaigns along the rivers

monitor what industries do with their waste materials

regulate pollution from industry

In the Hindu religion, the Ganges River is considered holy, and ritual bathing in its waters is practiced by an estimated 60,000 people per day. What is the MOST LIKELY the effect of this practice?

Such use of the river has raised major health risks for the population of the area.

Tourism in the area has increased, and many new settlements are being established along the river.

The government has passed laws to restrict access to the water to discourage pollution and contamination.

Which of the following is a solution to water pollution?

Build and maintain sewage treatment plants

The first concerted attempt to clean the Ganges began in 1986, when Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi launched the initial phase of what he called the Ganga Action Plan. He made the announcement on the ghats of Varanasi and focussed on the city’s sewers and the tanneries of Kanpur. - The New Yorker What was the purpose of the Ganges Action Plan begun in the 1980s?

to bring an end to the cremations

to end using the river for drinking water

Farming technique used on slopes

Fire exhaust on automobile emissions

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