Water in AfricaGROUP 2Patrycja Orman- PolandWiktoria Waniak – PolandZuzanna Pruchniak -PolandGloria Fernández Barbusano - SpainAlba García Gómez - SpainEduardo González Anelo - SpainAbraham González Guisado - SpainJanet González Rodríguez - SpainAdriana Mañero Santana - SpainPascal - Germany

Water in the world

• Water is one of the most widely used substance in nature. It occurs on the planet in three states of matter: liquid, solid and gas. Out of the total surface of the globe (510 million km2), over two thirds is covered by water.

Africa• Africa - the second largest continent on Earth. It takes 30.37 million square kilometers, or more than 20.3% of the total land area of the world

Hydrology of Africa• Hydrology of Africa is very diverse.

On the vast expanses of deserts there are only episodic rivers, while in other regions huge rivers several thousand miles long are formed. Most of lakes are located in the Great Trenches of Africa. The largest lake is Chad, which dries as a result of environmental disaster.

Rivers of Africa

• There are no permanent rivers in large parts of Africa. Many rivers flow towards valleys from which one river flows into the ocean (Congo, Niger) The longest river is the Nile River, which is 6671 km long from its source in Lake Victoria to the mouth in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea.

Drinking water in Africa

• In Africa there is not much drinking water. Most of water comes from the oceans and the sea (salty), so the main problem in Africa is lack of drinking water. Africa suffers from the lack of water intakes and the available indicators of pollution often exceed acceptable norms.

Water for Africa• Because of the dramatic problems

with water in Africa, a number of organizations try to improve the situation. The most important of these are:

•Water for Africa • Africar • watercan

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