March20thisWorldWaterDayeveryyear.AccordingtoareportfromtheUnitedNationsmorethanhalfoftheworld'smajorrivershaveseriouswaterlossandarepolluted.TheYellowRivertheworld'sfifthlongestriverwateredsomeofth
March20thisWorldWaterDayeveryyear.AccordingtoareportfromtheUnitedNationsmorethanhalfoftheworld'smajorrivershaveseriouswaterlossandarepolluted.
TheYellowRivertheworld'sfifthlongestriverwateredsomeoftheoldestfarmsonearth.Butnowithasaseriousproblem. 1. Inmostofthepast35yearsitdidn'treachthesea.
TheNileinEgyptrunning6650kmisthelongestriverintheworld.2.Nowitisdownto2billionm'orso. Australia'sMurrayRiverreachestheseaonlyeveryotheryear. OnefifthofAmerica'sRioGrandehasnowatereither.
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Mostlyit'sdamming(筑坝)andglobalwarmingthatmakeriversdry.
____4. Nowabout45000ofthemlieacrosstheworld'srivers.Theyholdbackaround15%oftheworld'sfreshwaterfromrunningtothesea.
Globalwarmingismakingthingsworse.Warmerweathertakeswateraway. Theglacier(冰川)arebecomingsmaller. 5. Globalwarminghashadcertaineffectsonwatersources(源头).Droughts(干旱)happeningaroundtheworldmakepeoplepaymoreattentiontothisfact.
A.Damsholdwatertoirrigate(灌溉)fieldsandmakepower.
B.ThesourceoftheYellowRiverisdryingupbecauseofit.
C.Itusedtocarry32billionm'ofwaterayear.
D.Howdoesithappen?
E.Factoriespourwastewaterintoriversdirectly.
F.ItssourceonQinghai-TibetPlateauisdryingup.