GEOGRAPHY - UK 2012 heatwave
- Created by: Rachieba01
- Created on: 30-04-17 14:54
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- UK 2012 heatwave
- Causes
- Rainfall levels plummeting
- monthly rainfall 14 times lower than average
- A lot of water being used already
- pipes leaking - 25% of water leaking
- Effects
- lower water levels- causing water based jobs to suffer- drop in tourism
- Poor yield of food crops- fewer jobs
- Dry soil- unexpected home repairs
- Lower water levels- higher retail prices
- poor crops - higher cost of ethanol production, higher gas prices
- poor crops - little growth
- root damage- increased forest, heath fires
- less cattle
- plants and animals suffer - less food
- Responses
- Advertisement all over southern England
- Hosepipe and other water bans - 20 million people effected
- Farmers restricted - spraying fields
- Notices to try and get people to act
- Causes
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