Rivers and Flooding

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  • How did the Tewkesbury floods occur?
    • Heavy precipitation
      • Climatic
        • 14 hours of rainfall, 150mm to 210mm
          • rainwater flows into the river, river begins to rise
            • rainwater overflows the banks, causes a flood
    • Large Drainage Basin
      • Has an area of 11,419km
        • Can store lots of water, may have stored too much water
          • Water overflowed from drainage basin, causing a flood.

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