Bangladesh flooding
- Created by: Kerry
- Created on: 28-03-13 14:13
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- Bangladesh-Flooding
- Causes
- Human
- Deforrestation in Himalayas
- Urbanisation
- 70% of water from outside Bangladesh
- Natural
- River basin covers an area of 1.7mkm
- 50% of country is low lying
- Confluence of 3 rivers
- 70% is less than 1 metre
- Human
- Effects
- Incomes dropped by 6%
- 1000 killed
- 50 million people left in poverty
- 900 bridges destroyed
- 15, 000 of roads destroyed
- 25 million made homeless
- Solutions
- 5000 flood shelters built
- 7 large dams built-$30-$40 million
- Flood warning system developed
- 350km of embankment 7metres high built-$6 billion
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