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Where is the River Tees found?

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Cumbria

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Where is the source of the River tees?

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Moorlands of Cumbria

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How long is the River Tees?

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137km

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What is the reservoir which is found in the upper course of the River Tees?

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Cowgreen reservoir

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What is the waterfall which is located on the River Tees?

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High-Force waterfall

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6
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What type of waterfall is high force known as?

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Cataract waterfall

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7
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How much water pass over high force every second?

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20,000 litres

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8
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What hard rock is found at the High force waterfall?

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Whinstone

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9
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What is the name of a town inside a meander?

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Yarm

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10
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What prevented Yarm from developing further?

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The meanders prevented larger boats reaching the town

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11
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What flanks the river Tees estuary?

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Mudflats and sandbanks

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12
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What delta is Bangladesh found on?

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The River Ganges delta

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13
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How many people live in Bangladesh?

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120 million

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14
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What is the main tributary of the River Ganges?

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Brahmaptura

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15
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Is Bangladesh a LEDC or and MEDC?

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LEDC

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16
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How long is the River Ganges?

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2500km

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17
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What is the annual rainfall of Bangladesh?

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1920mm

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18
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In which months are floods more likely to happen?

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  • June
  • July
  • August
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19
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What are the causes of flooding in Bangladesh?

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  • Monsoons
  • Snow melt in the Himalayas
  • Glaciers
  • Tropical storms
  • Silt
  • Urbanization
  • Deforestation
  • Confluence
  • 6m above sea level
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20
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How does snow melt in the Himalayas contribute to flooding in Bangladesh?

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The resulting water adds to the discharge of the river

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21
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How do glaciers contribute to flooding in Bangladesh?

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Melted glaciers causes sea levels to rise

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22
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How do tropical storms contribute to flooding in Bangladesh?

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Strong winds, rough seas and high waves

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23
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How does silt contribute to flooding in Bangladesh?

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Blocks the flow of the rivers, smaller river channel which reduces the capacity and efficiency

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How does urbanization contribute to flooding in Bangladesh?

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Increases surface run-off

Decreases infiltration

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How does deforestation contribute to flooding in Bangladesh?

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Reduces interception
Increases surface run-off
Reduces vegetation storage

26
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How does confluence contribute to flooding in Bangladesh?

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Increasing discharge/water

27
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What percentage of the country is a floodplain?

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80%

28
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What are the short term affects of flooding in Bangladesh?

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  • Drowning
  • Destroyed roads, rails, and telephones
  • Water wells have been contaminated
  • Crops destroyed
29
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What are the long term affects of flooding in Bangladesh?

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  • Waterborne diseases epidemic
  • Starvation
  • Farmland destroyed
  • New layer of silt, causes worse flooding
  • Fertile soil
  • Economic, no money from crops
30
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What were the short term responses to flooding in Bangladesh?

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  • Give clean water
  • Food
  • Used army to organize and help people
31
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What were the long term responses to flooding in Bangladesh?

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  • Remove silt from the river bed
  • Slow rate of deforestation and urbanization
  • Improve removal of water in cities, build dams
  • Flood defenses
32
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What flood defenses were used in response to the flood in Bangladesh?

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Artificial Levee 
Protection Housing (high land)
33
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In which year was there a major flood in Bangladesh?

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1998

34
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In the flood in Bangladesh how many people died?

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1070

35
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How many people were made homeless as a result of the flood?

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30 million

36
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How much of Bangladesh was underwater and for how long?

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2/3 of the country underwater for 50 days

37
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What percentage of Bangladesh is 1 meter above sea level?

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70%

38
Q

Give an example of a eroding cliff face

A

Flamborough head

39
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What rock is Flamborough head made out of?

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Chalk

40
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What is the rock next to Flamborough head which retreats at a faster rate?

A

Boulder clay

41
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Describe the location of the Holderness coast

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  • NE coast
  • Lowland region of England
  • East riding of Yorkshire
  • River Humber estuary
42
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How long is the Holderness coastline?

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61km

43
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What is the average rate of erosion at the Holderness cost?

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2m/year with defences

8-10m/year without defences

44
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What caused there to be glacial till on the Holderness coast?

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Ice Age (12000-10000 years ago)

45
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Describe glacial till (boulder clay)

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Extremely weak and very vulnerable to erosion

46
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How much of the Holderness coast has been eroded since the Roman times?

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4km

47
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Describe Hornsea, which is found on the Holderness coast

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Main settlement on the coast
Population:8430
Important for TOURISM

48
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Describe Mappleton, which is found on the Holderness coast

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3 km south of Hornsea-Small village
Erosion is intense- 2m/year
Lies on unconsolidated glacial till

49
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Describe Aldbourough , which is found on the Holderness coast

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South of Mappleton

Retreating at a faster rate than Mappleton

50
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Describe Withernsea , which is found on the Holderness coast

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Attracts tourists

Important for economy of the area

51
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What is the spit on the Holderness coast name?

A

Spurn Head

52
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Describe spurn head

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5.5 km long
Made up of sediment and shingle
Important for wildlife
Full time lifeboatmen live there

53
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In Bangladesh what cyclone happened in November 2007?

A

Cyclone Sidr

54
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How many people were affected by cyclone Sidr?

A

845,000

55
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How many people were forced to evacuate because of cyclone Sidr?

A

600,000

56
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What level of cyclone was Sidr?

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Level 5 (top level)

57
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What impacts did Cyclone Sidr have on Bangladesh?

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  • Damaged food/water supplies
  • Roads damaged
  • Port and airport forced to close
  • 95% of rice destroyed, damages economy
  • Sandabands (mangroves) damaged, destroying ecosystems
  • Trees uprooted
58
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How does cattle ranching contribute to deforestation?

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  • 60% of deforestation is due to cattle ranching
  • 15 million acres every year
  • Huge losses in biodiversity (23,000 species extinct/yeat)
59
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Name 6 countries that the Sahel is found in

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  • Burkina Faso
  • Mali
  • Chad
  • Mauritania
  • Niger
  • Chad
  • Sudan
60
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When did the most recent Sahel drought take place?

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2015

61
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Where is the Sahel located?

A

South of the Sahara

5400km long, cover 3 million km2

62
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Describe the Sahel

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Between 200mm-600mm a year
Vegetation is savanna like
People are herders
Suffering from soil degradation and desertification

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