Freshwater revision
Case studies and examples
Required case studies
- Case study of one internationally shared water resource and the role of different stakeholders in attempting to find a resolution
- geographyalltheway.com > The Nile
- Case study of contemporary dam building expansion in one major drainage basin
- geographyalltheway.com > Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
- Case study of one recent IDBM plan
- geographyalltheway.com > The Murray Darling Basin
- Case study of the future possibilities for one wetland area
- geographyalltheway.com > Kissimmee / Everglades
Required case studies
- Two contrasting detailed examples of flood mitigation of drainage basins
- geographyalltheway.com > Flood mitigation
- Detailed examples to illustrate the role of different stakeholders [Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality, to include pollution (eutrophication) and irrigation (salinization)]
- geographyalltheway.com > Agricultural activities
Suggested examples [as an absolute minimum]
- fw.1 Drainage basin hydrology and geomorphology
- Examples of inputs into the drainage basin as an open system
- Examples of outputs into the drainage basin as an open system
- Examples of flows into the drainage basin as an open system
- Examples of stores into the drainage basin as an open system
- Examples of river processes of erosion, transportation and deposition
- Named and located examples of river landforms - waterfalls, floodplains, meanders, levees and deltas
- fw.2 Flooding and flood mitigation
- fw.3 Water scarcity and water quality
- fw.4 Water management futures
Case study revision
fw.1 Drainage basin hydrology and geomorphology
Content and context
fw.2 Flooding and flood mitigation
Content and context
fw.3 Water scarcity and water quality
Content and context
fw.4 Water management futures
Content and context
Freshwater concept mapping