water on the land
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- water on the land
- managing
- hard engineering
- dams and resevoirs
- dams (huge walls) are built across the rivers, usually in the upper course.
- a reservoir (artificial lake) is formed behind the dam.
- this helps as reservoir store water especially in prolonged rainfall
- dams (huge walls) are built across the rivers, usually in the upper course.
- channel straightening
- the river's course is straightened-meanders are cut out by building artificial straight channels
- this helps by making the rivers flow faster to the seas
- dams and resevoirs
- soft engineering
- flood warnings
- the environment agency warns people about possible through TV, radio, newspapers and the internet
- preparation
- buildings are modified to reduce the amount of damage a food could cause
- people make plans for what they do in a flood
- buildings are modified to reduce the amount of damage a food could cause
- flood plain zoning
- restrictions prevent building on parts of a floodplain
- 'do nothing'
- no money is spent on new engineering methods or maintaining existing ones.
- flood warnings
- hard engineering
- flooding case studies
- bangladesh
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