Flooding

Question 1

Is flooding a natural or human disaster/

Answer 1

natural

Question 2

Name two major consequences of flooding.

Answer 2

human and financial loss

Question 3

What feature is formed when rivers flood and deposit silt?

Answer 3

floodplains

Question 4

Name a use of floodplains that is very beneficial to man.

Answer 4

farming

Question 5

Rivers normally flood when there is heavy rainfall or a lot of snowmelt (in the spring) but how can the sea make them flood?

Answer 5

1. Unusually high tide within river estuaries.

2. Storm surges

Question 6

When ground cannot absorb water, probably due to it being very dry, what type of flood can happen if there is a short, sharp period of rain?

Answer 6

flash floods

Question 7

When are flash floods most likely to occur?

Answer 7

In the summer.

Remember, the ground has been baked dry.

Question 8

Are most floods flash floods?

Answer 8

No - most build up over a period of weeks.

Question 9

As well as occurring when the ground is baked dry, when else can they occur?

Hint - Pakistan 2010.

Answer 9

Intense heavy rain when the ground is already saturated.

Question 10

Which human activity has increased the risk of flooding in the Indus River basin?

Answer 10

deforestation

This has been done to clear land for farming.