Case Study - Sheffield Flooding

Question 1

What are the names of the 3 rivers in Sheffield?

Answer 1

• River Don
• River Loxley
• River Rivelin

Question 2

What are some physical factors that lead to the 2007 Sheffield floods?

Answer 2

-Prolonged rain: A month’s worth of rain fell on Sheffield in one day in June, this saturated the soil. On the 24th June 100mm of rain fell in just one day. The saturated soil meant that rain had to go into the city’s drains which couldn’t cope with the rain.

• Rivers and landscapes:
  
  • The city of 7 hills. These are so steep that any rain becomes surface run off instantly
  • There are two confluences in Sheffield. Between the River Rivelin and the River Loxley. And between the previous confluences and the River Don

Question 3

What are some human factors that lead to the flooding in Sheffield in 2007.

Answer 3

• Most of Sheffield is built up, meaning there is lots of surface run-off which instantly goes into the city’s drainage system
• Sheffield’s