Author Question: Evaluate which Soviet policy had the most lasting and damaging effect on Central Asia. What will ... (Read 109 times)

Zoey63294 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Evaluate which Soviet policy had the most lasting and damaging effect on Central Asia.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In Pearson County, residents are concerned because the water table has been dropping for more than two years. What might be some of the reasons that the amount of groundwater in Pearson County is decreasing?

What will be an ideal response?

dreamfighter72 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answers might mention cultural or economic policies.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The decrease could be due to a lack of replenishment to a temporary change in the weather, such as a drought. It could also be a longer-term lack of replenishment, where a viable recharge mechanism is missing, such as in much of the High Plains Aquifer, where we are essentially mining fossil water. Another possibility is that residents of the county (or some other county upstream) are extracting water in greater volume, or more rapidly, than previously, thus diminishing the groundwater budget.