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Question | Answer |
what percentage of people took over a year to recover in 1998? | 40%+ |
Why do river floods occur? | Spring snow melt and monsoon rains. |
What happens when the monsoon is intense or prolonged? | River floods. |
Why do coastal floods occur? | Cyclones in Bay of Bengal |
What do cyclones in the Bay of Bengal create? | Storm surges reaching up to 6m (height) |
How many people were killed in 1998? | 100s |
How many people were made homeless in 1998? | 1000s |
What year did Bangladesh suffer from floods? | 1998 |
what percentage of Bangladesh flooded in 1998? | 60% |
what are the two types of floods? | Coastal and river floods |
Name 6 natural causes | 80% of land is floodplain, 70% land is low-lying, heavy monsoon rains, 3 huge rivers criss cross then meet in BanglaD, cyclones and snow melt |
How much of Bangladesh is floodplains? | 80% |
Name the 2 types of flood management | Preparedness programme and Dhaka integrated flood protection project |
this is an example of a flood in an.. | LEDC |
Name 3 human causes of the floods.. | Rapid urban growths, divertion of Ganges, Deforestation |
Preparedness... | programme |
Dhaka..flood..project | integrated.. protection |
Name 4 schemes from the Preparedness programme. | 1. villages raised 2m above water level. 2. flood shelters with land for livestock. 3. Rescue boats. 4. Radios |
Name 4 schemes from the Dhaka integrated flood protection project | 1. Embankments built. 2. Embankments planted with vegetation. 3. Storm drains 4. Sluice gates |
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