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Flooding Flashcards

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1
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Valley where Boscastle is situated

A

Valency Valley

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Amount of rain in Boscastle after 5 hours

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5 inches

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3
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Causes of the Boscastle flood

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Old sewage and drainage systems
Lack of flood control system
Cars blocked under the low bridge

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4
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Amount of rainfall in Boscastle during 24 hours

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200mm

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5
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Size of Boscastle drainage basin

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small - 452KM

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6
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Rise in Boscastle river levels after an hour

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2m

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7
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Number of cars swept away by Boscastle flood

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116

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Number of homes destroyed by Boscastle flood

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58 homes

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9
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Percentage of Boscastle economy regarding tourism

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90%

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10
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Value of tourism lost due to the flood

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£25,000

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11
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Insurance claims during Boscastle flood

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£15 million

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12
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Year of Bangladesh floods

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2004

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13
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Percentage of Bangladesh living less than 2 meters below sea level

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70%

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14
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80%

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% of Bangladesh on a flood plain and delta

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15
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Physical causes of Bangladesh flood

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Monsoon rain and snowmelt travelling down the Himalayas via the Ganges river

Built on a delta made up of 53 rivers

Silt deposited in river

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16
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Number of rivers that make up the Bangladesh River

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53

17
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Human causes of the Bangladesh floods

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Deforestation

Ganges diverted for irrigation

120,000 wells built causing subsidence of 2.5 cm/year

18
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How many people were killed by the Bangladesh floods?

A

800

19
Q

11’000

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People marooned by the Bangladesh floods

20
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Number of relief centres created in the aftermath of the floods

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700

21
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Number of people made homeless by the 2004 Bangladesh floods

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36 million

22
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$7 billion

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Amount of damage to Bangladesh infrastructure due to the 2004 flooding

23
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Year of the boscastle flood

A

2007

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