Ganges River Who Depends on the Ganges River the people of India depend on this river for their daily needs such as bathing drinking water and fishing It is also significant to Hindus as they consider it their most sacred river ID: 377295
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Environmental Concerns Southern and Eastern Asia Slide2
Ganges River
Who Depends on the Ganges River?
the people of India depend on this river for their daily needs such as
bathing, drinking water,
and fishing.
It is also significant to Hindus as they consider it their most sacred river.Slide3
Why is the Ganges River Polluted?
It has a population density of about 1,000 people per square
mile.400 million people live along the Ganges River Basin.Slide4
Causes of Pollution in the Ganges River
People
Industry
Religious Ceremonies
Bathing in the river
Limited Government Rules
Religious
Ceremonies
Raw sewage runs into the river
Toxic
waste runs off in the river.
Cremation of bodies along the banks of the river.
Cleaning
their laundry in the river.
High levels of chromium sulfate, arsenic, cadmium, mercury and sulfuric acid
Human
remains placed in the river. Slide5
Hindus Belief and Practice
Traditionally, all Hindus—except babies, children, and saints—are cremated.
Historically
, Hindu cremations take place on the Ganges River in India
.
The family builds a pyre and places the body on the pyre.
The Pyre is set on fire and the body cremated. Slide6
The Ganges and the Hindus Religion
The day after the cremation, the
ashes are collected. Traditionally, the ashes should be placed
in the Ganges River, though more and more other rivers are becoming acceptable substitutes.
For
Hindus living outside of India, there are companies that will arrange for the shipment of the cremated remains to India and will
lower
the ashes in the Ganges.Slide7
China’s Great Yangtze River
The Third largest river in the world.
Four hundred Million people depend on the Yangtze.It is China’s main waterway. The
river is the only source of drinking water
in
Shanghai. At least 600 million people in China use the Yangtze
As a source of their drinking water.Slide8
Pollution Problems
The Yangtze River
Industrial Waste
Agriculture
Pollution
Shipping Discharge
Fishing
Industrial waste and sewage runs off into the Yangtze River.
Chemicals
used on plants run off into
the river.
water that collects in the lowest part of the ship’s hull is
discharged into the river.
Fisheries
uses chemical fertilizers to feed fish. The ponds are drained into the Yangtze River. Slide9
The Yangtze River Slide10
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