Iberian Peninsula - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This peninsula’s 2024 flooding, which was caused by a meteorological phenomenon known locally as DANA, gave way to severe 2025 fires. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this peninsula where drought conditions have severely impacted Andalusia and olive growers south of Madrid.

ANSWER: Iberian Peninsula [or Iberia]

[10m] As Iberia dries, Spain hopes to rely on desalination plants like the one in Torrevieja (“toh-ray-vee-AY-hah”), which uses this desalination method. This method forces pressurized water through porous membranes, unlike a similar “forward” method.

ANSWER: reverse osmosis [or RO]

[10h] The Torrevieja plant is in an autonomous community named for this city. Over 200 people died in the 2024 floods in a province named for this city, which like Murcia hosts a very long-running tribunal to allocate water.

ANSWER: Valencia [or València; accept Valencian Community or Comunidad Valenciana or Comunitat Valenciana]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	22.86	100%	100%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
Florida	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	89%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	78%	44%
North	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	21.67	92%	75%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	23.75	100%	75%	63%
South Central	Main	Y	6	21.67	100%	83%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	24.17	100%	92%	50%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	20.00	100%	40%	60%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%

Data


Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Little Prince	10	10	0	20
UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	10	0	20
Ottawa D	McGill A	10	10	10	30
Ottawa A	McGill C	10	0	0	10
McGill B	Ottawa B	10	10	10	30
Ottawa C	McGill E	10	10	0	20
Florida A	UCF A	10	0	10	20
South Florida A	Florida B	10	0	0	10
Florida State A	Florida Tech A	10	10	10	30
Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	Louisville A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Louisville D	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Louisville C	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	CWRU D	10	0	0	10
Michigan State A	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C	WVU A	10	0	0	10
UCSD B	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCLA E	10	10	10	30
UCLA F	USC B	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	USC A	10	10	0	20
NCSU A	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
William & Mary A	UNC B	10	10	0	20
UNC C	Virginia Tech B	10	10	0	20
NCSU B	VCU A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	10	10	0	20
UNC A	JMU A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	JMU B	10	10	0	20
William & Mary C	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
UNC D	Liberty B	10	0	10	20
NYU B	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Vassar A	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
NYU A	Princeton	10	10	0	20
Penn	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Rowan	10	10	10	30
Rutgers D	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Stony Brook	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	NYU C	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin A	Iowa State	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Wisconsin C	10	10	0	20
Minnesota	St. Thomas	10	0	0	10
Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	10	10	0	20
Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth C	Vermont A	10	10	0	20
Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	10	0	0	10
Amherst A	MIT B	10	10	10	30
Tufts C	Williams C	10	0	10	20
Williams A	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
MIT A	UConn A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	Vermont B	0	0	10	10
Boston College B	Williams B	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Alberta B	10	10	10	30
Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	10	10	0	20
Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
Washington State	Washington Masu	10	10	10	30
Boise State	Washington Pink	10	0	10	20
Washington Steelhead	Texas	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State B	10	10	0	20
Tulsa B	Kansas State A	10	10	0	20
Murray State College B	Oklahoma	10	10	0	20
Nebraska A	Nebraska C	10	10	10	30
Nebraska B	Harding	10	0	10	20
Murray State College A	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	Emory A	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	10	10	10	30
Clemson C	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Sewanne	10	10	10	30
Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	10	0	0	10
Auburn C	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh C	Durham B	10	10	10	30
York	Durham C	10	0	10	20
Durham D	Sheffield B	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh D	Durham A	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	Rochester	10	10	0	20
Binghamton B	RIT A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton C	Cornell A	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	Cornell C	10	10	10	30