Flooding causes
Human causes, Physical causes, Causes of flooding in Carlisle and in Bangladesh
- Created by: Brad_ers_B
- Created on: 30-04-14 21:24
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- Flooding Causes
- Physical causes
- Intense rainfall
- Prolonged rainfall
- Relief (land shape)
- Vegetation
- Geology
- Soils
- Snowmelt
- Steep slopes
- Low ground
- Basin shape and size
- Climatic hazards bring large precipitation
- Human causes
- Urbanisation
- Deforestation
- Change in land use
- Ploughing
- Sewers
- Stream straightening
- Building bridges (slows down river flow)
- Causes in Carlisle
- Prolonged heavy rain over the Pennines and Cumbrian Mountains
- Impermeable rock
- Thin soil
- Steep slopes in the Basin
- Dense drainage network
- Low lying flood plain
- Urbanisation
- Causes in Bangladesh
- Monsoon Climate
- Spring Snow-melt
- Deforestation in Headwater Areas
- Rivers Silt-up due to soil erosion increase
- 80% of Bangladesh is on a Floodplain and Delta
- Cyclones are frequent
- Physical causes
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