

Sometimes there is not enough water from wells to irrigate the fields.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:16:12 Boxid IA119109 Boxid_2 CH112901 Camera Canon 5D City New York Donor Sometimes the drought is so severe that the canals, reservoirs, and rivers run low or dry up. In some places there are desalinization plants to get fresh water from salt water! (But this is expensive!) Pump water for irrigation from lakes or rivers. Dig deep wells to find water for animals and for irrigation. In more developed countries, what do people do to make sure there is water in time of drought?īuild reservoirs, canals, storage tanks, etc. (Answers will vary) The people and animals would have to move to another area with green grass or they would all die. Shooting an arrow in the sky can’t cause it to rain.Įxplain what would have eventually happened to all the creatures, including humans, on Kapiti Plain if the scarcity of grass had continued? Is this really how people get rain to fall? This watered the grass, making it green for his herd and all the other creatures. Ki-pat shot an arrow (capital resource) with an eagle feather into the dark clouds to pierce them and loosen the rain so that it would fall down on Kapiti Plain. List other animals (natural resources) besides the cows that were affected by this scarcity of grass.Įxplain how Ki-pat solved the severe scarcity of grass caused by the drought. What is it called when a region has such a severe scarcity of rain that it affects the land and all who depend on the land? What scarce natural resource did Ki-pat need in order to have enough green grass to feed his herds so that they could become healthy and fat? There was not enough grass for the animal herds.

Identify the severe scarcity problem facing the herdsman of the Kapiti Plain. On the Kapiti Plain, what does a herdsman produce?Ĭattle, which provide food, milk, leather, etc.
