Pakistan Floods
- Created by: Amy Woodhams
- Created on: 13-04-13 17:42
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- Pakistan Floods
- Location
- next to(north of) India
- used to be part of India but gained independence
- In Asia
- borders the Indian ocean
- next to(north of) India
- causes of the floods
- land heats up and draws moisture from the sea & wind
- snow melts from hymalayers
- surface run-off down the mountain into the river Indus
- deforestation on the Hymilayers meant no run-off water was absorbed
- levees breached- no water could drain into the river
- deforestation on the Hymilayers meant no run-off water was absorbed
- surface run-off down the mountain into the river Indus
- snow melts from hymalayers
- monsoon season = 3/4 months of 6-7 hours of heavy rain
- land heats up and draws moisture from the sea & wind
- aid
- 5 million given as aid from the UK
- given as cash as the money would be spent in Pakistan and would therefore help the economy
- Government had limited money and aid to offer
- as many as half a million pregnant women and there unborn children were put at risk
- 5 million given as aid from the UK
- effects
- environmental
- two thirds of the river Indus flow was diverted
- the river carries sediment which is deposited along the river bed
- after the flood the water supplies were contaminated
- disease will spread due to non moving water
- two thirds of the river Indus flow was diverted
- social
- most poor people live along the river
- more than 20 million people affected 6 million of that are in need of food aid
- another 6 million need to be rehoused
- 1, 752 people died
- another 6 million need to be rehoused
- 722,000 homes destroyed
- 1.8 million homes damaged
- economic
- $460 million needed to deal with immediate needs
- mass unemloyment
- children could loose to opportunity to go to school
- mass unemloyment
- farming became difficult as the ground was saturated
- 1/3 of Pakistan was floodwater
- destroyed crops, villages, businesses, bridges. Railways
- anyone who could afford to would migrate
- 1/3 of Pakistan was floodwater
- $460 million needed to deal with immediate needs
- environmental
- management of the floods
- reaseurch and track monsoon rain
- more management along the river Indus
- track it encase it changes course
- study into why it is prone to flooding
- more management along the river Indus
- dams along the river
- levees and embankements
- reaseurch and track monsoon rain
- Location
- the river Indus is one of the largest rivers in the world
- surface run-off down the mountain into the river Indus
- deforestation on the Hymilayers meant no run-off water was absorbed
- levees breached- no water could drain into the river
- deforestation on the Hymilayers meant no run-off water was absorbed
- changing course
- surface run-off down the mountain into the river Indus
- this riese the riverbed and in parts higher than the natural land
- the river carries sediment which is deposited along the river bed
- during the flood some dams failed
- some children unable to return to school
- social
- most poor people live along the river
- more than 20 million people affected 6 million of that are in need of food aid
- another 6 million need to be rehoused
- 1, 752 people died
- another 6 million need to be rehoused
- 722,000 homes destroyed
- 1.8 million homes damaged
- social
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