BUB Backdrops - Water World

Water World
	Bering Sea The Bering Sea, located at the northern end of the Pacific Ocean, has a tilted bottom. It is shallow in the northeast and much deeper in the southwest. The region’s climate is severe at these high latitudes. It is snowy during the long winters and temperatures are milder than over adjacent land areas. In the northern part of the sea, ice covers the water. Ships must maneuver through strong tides, fog, rain, and floating ice.
	High Slovak Watershed The Carpathian Mountains form a watershed between the Black and Baltic seas. Rich in minerals and coal, the mountain system reaches its highest point in the Tatry, part of Slovakia since Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. The High Tatra National Park is popular with hikers.
	Roman Bath The Roman Bath is the most spectacular of the baths located around the city of Bath in western England. It was neglected after the Romans left and lay buried for centuries. The Georgians uncovered the bath in 1755 and renovated it, building an extension called the Pump Room. In this room, people gathered to socialize and drink the therapeutic water, which was pumped up from the water source below. Today more than 22 million liters (580,000 gallons) of water at a constant 49°C (120°F) still bubble up daily into the city's well-preserved old baths
	Water Sports in Friesland Rural Friesland is the water-sports capital of The Netherlands, where vacationers may rent antique sailboats for pleasure trips. The province was first inhabited nearly 2,000 years ago by a Germanic culture group called the Frisians, whose language is still heard in the region. Today, Friesland is home to one of Europe’s most important bird sanctuaries and wildlife reserves.
	Supplying Water to Saudi Arabia Producing and distributing fresh water to the growing population of Saudi Arabia takes effort and ingenuity. This vast, arid country must tap deep underground aquifers, build reservoirs, construct dams to catch rainwater runoff, and desalinate seawater to improve and increase its water supply
	Niagara Falls Aboard the small Maid of the Mist, which takes visitors to the foot of Niagara Falls, guests are issued raincoats to protect them from the spray that results from 155 million liters (41 million gallons) of water per minute rushing over the falls. More than nine times as much water flows over Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side than over American Falls on the United States side.