philippines
- Created by: Emily BIrch
- Created on: 10-05-13 16:59
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- philippines
- 7000 islands
- storm season June to November
- risk of earthquakes and volcanic eruption
- lies on the south-east asia typhoon belt - affected by 15 typhoons and struck by 5-6 of them
- landslides are common in mountain districts
- coastal lowlands
- mount Pinatubo- erupted 1991 june.
- lahars
- lies betwee the Philippine and Eurasian tectonic plates.
- destructive plate boundary
- high density population in towns and cities on coastal areas
- suffers from flooding
- affected by El nino and Lanina
- deforestation of forests , hill sides less stable and so more likely to suffer from lahars and landslides
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