Brock Vs Exe Flashcards
Catchment (Brock)
Lancashire
Source and point of confluence (Brock)
Fair Snape - river Wyre (micheals on wyre)
length of river (Brock)
17.8km
physical features in the North (Brock)
peat bogs on highmoore
millstone hills
steep sided valleys
physical factors in South (Brock)
limestone
boulder clay
flatter land
name of the agricultural college (Brock)
Myerscough
how much water is the agricultural college licensed to extract? (Brock)
45.45 m2
what factors contribute to the high flood risk? (Brock)
steep sided valley (N)
flatter in the south
typical water levels (Brock)
0.12m - 0.95m
highest recorded water levels (Brock)
4.29m
flood protection N of St Michael’s (Brock)
flood storage - 1/50 yr flood
flood protection before brock meets wyre
strengthened embankment
what frequency floods are there warnings for? (Brock)
1/5 yr floods
how many sandbags did the council have available?(Brock)
2000
what frequency of flood are there warnings for in the low value land, South of St Micheal’s? (Brock)
1/100 yr flood