LESSON – 3

(HUMAN FEATURES OF
COMMUNITIES)
WALT:
To understand how communities overcome scarcity of
natural resources.

• Natural resource
• Adapt
• Scarcity
• Human-made
KEY features
VOCABULARY: • Falaj channels
• Desalination
• Potable
• Security
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locations have a sca

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stores.
food at the grocery
Through cultivation/Agriculture Barley

Lake, Stream etc. Clouds, River

Animal skin Wool

Tipis (Tent) Stone house, Hut

Buffalos, Rails etc. Air Transport

DESALINATION
PROCESS
Falaj is a channel that is dug in Earth, brought fresh water from the mountains and underground water for
people to use and for farming.

Desalination means to take salt out of water.

There are about 70 desalination plants in the UAE.

Desalination plants provide about 42% of the potable water in the UAE.
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