Geography - The restless earth.
- Created by: holliepollie
- Created on: 26-04-17 19:06
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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
- Haiti
- 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.
- Montserrat
- 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.
- Boxing day tsunami
- 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.
- The Alps
- Earthquakes
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