Causes of Storm Desmond
- Created by: Emily_Dare
- Created on: 22-10-19 17:12
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- Causes of Storm Desmond
- Prolonged period of heavy rainfall
- Formed 03/12
- Dissipated 08/12
- 14 inches of rainfall in 24 hours
- Soils become highly saturated
- Non-porous and Igneous Rock
- Granite and Limestone
- Less cracks or spaces for water to move through, therefore more water on the surface
- Steep Sided Mountainous Valleys
- Faster run-off speeds
- Thin Vegetation
- Little/ Lower Levels of Interception
- Mainly sheep grazing areas - Grassland
- Thin Soils
- Soils become highly saturated
- Urbanisation
- Number of Tributaries
- River Derwent has 2 Tributaries
- River Eden has 4 Tributaries
- Prolonged period of heavy rainfall
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