Indus Basin Irrigation System Flashcards
1
Q
Advantage (food security)
A
Improves
food
security for
Pakistan,
making 40%
more land
available for
cultivation.
2
Q
Advantage (electricity)
A
Hydro
Electric
Power (HEP)
is generated
by main
dams.
3
Q
Disadvantage (population)
A
Population
growth will
increase the
demand for
water in the
future.
4
Q
Disadvantage (costs)
A
There are
high costs
to maintain
reservoir
capacity,
barrages
and canals
