Theme 2 Case Studies
- Created by: Caitlin Ward
- Created on: 20-04-14 16:50
UK Climate
- As you go North it gets colder and as you go South it gets warmer
- SW prevailing wind
- Low elevation above sea level mainly across the UK
- Air stream affecting the UK - Arctic Maritime, Polar Maritime, Tropical Martime, Tropical Continental, Polar Continental
- Ocean currents - Warmer gulf stream
- Difference between the North South West and East of the UK - because of a mixture of these factors
1987 Storm
1987 storm
I already have a full resource on this -
Monsoon Climate
- Occurs in Central America, Central Africa and Indonesia
- Located around the equator
- Wet and Dry Season
- Not much variation in temperature
June:
This is the wet season. Winds are coming from the SW so they have travelled over water to bring wet conditions. This also brings low pressure. In this season problems are: flooding, soil erosion, crop damage and disease
January:
This is the dry season. Winds are coming from the NE so they have travelled over land and bring dry conditions. This also brings high pressure. In this season problems are: drought, soil erosion and famine
Landguard Ecosystem
'A community of plants and animals that interact with one another and their environment'
Producers: Plants such as lichens, mosses, grasses, herbs and shrubs
Primary Consumer: Common Blue Butterflies
Secondary Consumer: Pied Warbler
Tertiary Consumer: Foxes
Decomposers: Shaggy Inkcap Mushrooms
Threats: Sea flooding, drought, litter, footpath erosion, dogs, loss of area, oil and chemical spills, fires and vehicles
Suffolk County Councils Views: Introduce charges in all car parks, Banning dogs on the nature reserve and increasing dredging in the shipping channel
Water Deficit: Sahel Africa
Water Deficit in the Sahel Africa
I have a resource on this:
http://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/water_deficit_case_study_of_sahel_africa
Tropical Rainforest
The tropical rainforest covers areas of Ecuador which is used for oil mining
It has many native species
Contains between 50%-90% of the world's species
Food sources for local people
Very biodiverse
Hunting causes trees to be destroyed
Soils are damaged by logging and are more vulnerable to rain and the sun
Climate is hot and wet
Taman Negara - Sustainable Ecotourism
Area of 4,343km squared
World's oldest tropical rainforest
One of Malaysia's top tourist attractions
Every year visitor numbers increase
Construction of 200m canopy for visitors to walk along
Great rhinocerons hornbill
Bats in caves
Ecotourism: 'Visiting fragile undeveloped areas with looking after the environment in mind. The aim is to make as little impact on the environment as possible on your journey as well as during your holiday. You may also contribute to conservation.'
Slumping in Walton-On-The-Naze
- Area of ground slides away from the top of the cliff
- Most cliffs in Suffolk of soft rock will slump
- Geology is important in determining how a cliff collapses - May slide rapidly towards the coast
- Red Crag - Permeable Limestone
- London Clay - Impermeable
- Rotational slump - when a column of cliff breaks away and slips down the cliff
- Cliffs are geological SSSI
- Recieves 140,000 visitors a year
- Naze tower is a listed building
- A new Crag walkway can be built
- Rock armour is placed at the foot of the slump to stop it going further
- Drainage allows the rocks to stay dry
- London Clay contains fossil remains
- Best coastal location for Red Crag
Crag walkway: 110 metres long, 16,000 tonnes of granite, Cost £1.2 Million to build
Hallsands
Area has battled with storms because of a large fetch
There was 37 houses and a population of over 100
Shingle was dredged between Hallsands and Beesands
600,000 tonnes of shingle removed
Hallsands was completely destroyed on the 26th January 1917
It left 24 families homeless
This could have been prevented
Located in the South-West of England
The defences did not hold up in this particular storm
Beach level had dropped because of LSD
Bangladesh Floods
I have a resource on this:
http://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/why_does_bangladesh_flood
Tewkesbury Floods 2007
90 days worth of rainfall in 5 hours
River Severn and River Avon bring water to the area
Urbanisation has happened in the area
Built on a flood plain
50,000 homes without power
Roads are damaged / Fields are flooded
150,000 have no clean water
Baby Twins died in their house
Teenagers feared dead after going missing in the night
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