geography: river case study
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- Created on: 05-04-13 14:06
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- Boscastle (August 16th 2004)
- Effects
- 25 businesses destroyed
- 50 buildings damaged
- 115 cars washed away
- Damage to tourism
- Physical
- Small catchment area
- Saturated soil, rapid surface run-off
- Strong convection, big thunderclouds by converging winds
- Steep valley sides; encourages surface run-off
- Human
- Artifical narrowing, reduces its capacity
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- Bridges that caused blockages
- Managment
- £4.6 million spent on flood defences
- Widened the river
- Remove trees near the river
- Raise the car park
- New defence wall
- Widened the bridge
- Effects
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