Geography - The restless earth.

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  • Restless Earth - Geography
    • Earthquakes
      • Haiti
        • Was caused by the Caribbean and North-American plate
        • Caribbean plate went under the Indo-North American
        • 3 milliuon people were affected
        • 4.5 billion dollars was pledged for reconstruction projects
      • New Zealand
        • Was on the Greendale fault along the Indo-Australian and pacific plates
        • Indo-Australian and pacifc plate slid past eachother
        • Water supply was affected
        • An emergency meeting was held by the government at 3pm
    • Volcanic eruption
      • Montserrat
        • Is on the carribbean sea along a destructive plate margin
        • On the Atlantic and Carribbean plates
        • It is above a destructive plate margin, where the Atlantic plate is being forced under the Carribbean plate.
        • 19 people died and there was 7 people injured.
        • The UK provided £17 million of emergency aid.
    • Tsumani
      • Boxing day tsunami
        • Was along the Indian ocean because it is on a destructive plate margin.
        • Happened the 26th December 2004
        • The Earthquake happened due to the destructive plate margin
        • Billions of pounds have been pledged to help re-build the infrastructure of the countries affected.
        • 5 - 6 million people were needed emergency food, water and medical supplies.
    • Fold Mountains
      • The Alps
        • They are in Central Europe and stretches across Austria, France Germany, Iraq and many others.
        • They are used for Farming, Tourism, Forestry, Mining and  Hydro-electic power
        • People using the Alps for these activities is not good as it causes noise pollution and erosion and also destroys the landscape.

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