Flooding LEDC

Question 1

Causes

Answer 1

heavy rainfall
melting snow from glaciers
peak discharge of both rivers happened at the same time

Question 2

Primary effects

Answer 2

> 2000 deaths
> 25 million made homeless
> 44 schools destroyed
> Factories closed
> Livestock killed
> 112,000 houses destroyed in India
> 10,000km of roads destroyed
> Rivers polluted with rubbish and sewage

Question 3

Secondary effects

Answer 3

> 4000 schools affected so children lost out on education
100,000 people caught waterborne diseases e.g. diarrhoea and dysentery
Flooded fields reduced basmati rice yields - prices rose 10%
Many farmers and factory workers became unemployed

Question 4

Protection measures

Answer 4

> Bangladesh has a Flood Forecasting and Warning System
There are about 6000km of man-made levees in Bangladesh
Flooding has been allowed in some areas under controlled conditions - “controlled flooding”