WHY WATER IN CHINA IS SCARCE
China has a huge population and the world only has a small amount of fresh water. Due to this huge population fresh water cannot be supplied to everyone. Plus fresh water has to be given to the farm animals also and the world only has so much
Due to climate change, the precipitation patterns have been altered and is causing droughts and increased desertification. over the last 50 years, 24,000 villages in north and west China were abandoned because of desertification, and the advancing Gobi Desert is now only 150 miles from Beijing
Rivers and lakes have been polluted due to factories, untreated sewage and agricultural runoff.
Due to climate change, the precipitation patterns have been altered and is causing droughts and increased desertification. over the last 50 years, 24,000 villages in north and west China were abandoned because of desertification, and the advancing Gobi Desert is now only 150 miles from Beijing
Rivers and lakes have been polluted due to factories, untreated sewage and agricultural runoff.