Rivers

Question 1

Pakistan flooding - date ?

Answer 1

End of July, 2010

Question 2

Total population of Pakistan ?

Answer 2

~199 million

Question 3

Social effects of Pakistan flooding ?

Answer 3

1600+ deaths
20 million affected (+10% of population)
6.5 million acres of crops washed away
6 million needed food aid

Question 4

Environmental effects of Pakistan flooding?

Answer 4

5000 miles of roads and railway & 1000 bridges washed away
20% of land affected

Question 5

Economic effects of Pakistan flooding ?

Answer 5

Punjab alone needed $1.3 billion for relief and temp. repair of infrastructure

Question 6

Responses to Pakistan flooding ?

Answer 6

Foreign government donated millions, Saudi Arabia and USA promised $600 million, many felt they could have done more

Lack of donations from foreign governments - UN’s World Food Programme cut amount of food handed out by Nov.2010

Question 7

Cumbria flooding -when and where ?

Answer 7

November.2010

Cockermouth and Workington, small towns located in mountainous area

Question 8

Cumbria flooding - social effects ?

Answer 8

+1300 homes flooded and affected with sewage

Evacuation of locals ; 50 by helicopter

4 bridges collapsed, 12 birdges closed, in Workington all bridges declared unsafe, dividing town into two

Question 9

Cumbria flooding - economic effects ?

Answer 9

Businesses flooded - long term difficulties for economy

Insurance company estimated final cost = £100 million

Cost of restoring damage : average £28,000 per house

Question 10

Cumbria flooding - responses ?

Answer 10

Government provided £1 million to help, and agreed to pay for repair of infrastructure

Army built temp.bridge across River Derwent - reuniting 2 halves of town

Question 11

Kielder water reservoir facts ?

Answer 11

Located in Northumberland

10+km long, largest artificial lake in UK

Question 12

Why was Kielder water reservoir built?

Answer 12

Increase in demand from growing steel industries on Teesside

Land was poor quality farmland, and received annual rainfall of 1270mm

Question 13

Social impacts of Kielder water reservoir ?

Answer 13

58 families rehoused

Provides up to 909 million litres of water daily

NE has most reliable and sustainable water supply in England

Question 14

Economic impacts of Kielder water reservoir ?

Answer 14

Major tourist attraction - annually 1/4+ million visit

Water industry, tourism and forestry offers many jobs, before only farming and little else

£6 million annually from tourism

Question 15

Environmental impacts of Kielder water reservoir ?

Answer 15

1.5 million trees were cut down during building

8 sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) - Kielder is one of the last places to see red squirrels in England

2,700 acres of farmland and habitat was lost as a result of the constuction