Flooding in Bangladesh (golden nuggets)

Question 1

4 main rivers of Bangladesh

Answer 1

Ganges, Padma, Meghna, Brahmaputra

Question 2

Main causes of the floods

Answer 2

Lies on 4 big rivers, low lying land, ice melt from mountains, deforestation, frequent typhoons, lack of dredging.

Question 3

Amount displaced by floods in 2020

Answer 3

14 million

Question 4

Impacts of 2007 floods

Answer 4

Over 100,000 hospitalised. 70,000 suffered diarrheoa, 800 drowned

Question 5

Link to disease

Answer 5

Water becomes contaminated by bacteria , as global warming takes place more vectors become present. the poor areas that have weaker sewage infrastructure are more susceptible to disease (diarrhea, cholera, lymes disease)

Question 6

How many were displaced in the 2007 floods?

Answer 6

9 million

Question 7

Socio economic factors aiding disease transmission

Answer 7

High pop denisty, over 1000/km2 in some areas, high levels of poverty, 40% on less than $1.25 a day, lack of sanitation, displacement of 14 million people.

Question 8

What fraction of wells were contaminated due to the 2007 floods?

Answer 8

1/8

Question 9

What were govt solutions to the damage caused by the floods?

Answer 9

To distribute food aid, UNICEF provided essential drugs, hundreds of new tube wells, 93,000 damaged wells were fixed, millions water purification tablets were distributed.