Droughts

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  • Created on: 13-11-19 20:30
Droughts charactertsics
abnormaly low periods of little rain/precpitation
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Arid Envrioment
Severe lack of water, little vegitaion,pastrol farming,rceives little or no rain
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Human causes of drought
Water wastage, deforiatsion,agricultural,meterlogical(weather)
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Why is drought in california hazardeous
cause wildfires,lack of clean water,famine,pressure on water supplies,crop failure,livestock death
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developed response to drought
resuse linen and towles,farmers charges extra 453 dollars to pump water out
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respnoses of drought in nambibia
unicef 7 miliion in one village 350 pople left seraching for water and i million declared needed by president
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response of drought in usa
hotels reuse linen and twoels and farmers charged extra to pumpb water andf 183 million used of fema funds
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impacts of drought usa
loss 17,000 jobs wildfires beacoming more regualr dry and dead wood occur mostly in auntum
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impacts in nambibia
one in three at rsik of malunutrition and large areas are covered in grassland whihc will be deserts due to no rainfall .cattle graze only survve.
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responses of hurricane in usa
people moved in with family had house insurnace used builders. NGOs like red cross had 17000 workers helping army cleared becahes in dleware 60.3 billion given to victims 6.2 million were given food.
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responses of hurricane cuba
moved in with rleatives,built own homes,650 tonnes of food sent by japan and venezula and cuba government sent electricainjas to help and b50% cut in materials
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impacts in usa
117 killed 9 million powercuts, 500,000 homes destroyes becasue flooding and 3.3 billion isurace and 1.1 billion sweage reapirs and 1.5 million of oil split into aurthur kill reserve
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impacts in cuba
11 poeple died and 1700 homes destroyed totla loss 2 billion gdp drop 5% 2,600 acres of banna crop destroyed coffee plantations detsroyed
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natural casues of climate change
orbital change -milnkavitch cycles wobble volcanic actvity errutption emiits ash sloar outoput / varaiation
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human causes of climate chnage
burning fosil fuelas deforsitantion agriculture and farmig
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coriolis effect
the phenonman whihc causes fulids to curve and move around on the suface
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low pressure /high pressure
low = wet cold windy high=hot dry sunny
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jet streams
narrow zones of high speed winds in conflicting air masses
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humna causes of climate chnage
transport and rissing sea level
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interglacail periods
hot melting
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glacial
cold freezing
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Severe lack of water, little vegitaion,pastrol farming,rceives little or no rain

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Arid Envrioment

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Water wastage, deforiatsion,agricultural,meterlogical(weather)

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cause wildfires,lack of clean water,famine,pressure on water supplies,crop failure,livestock death

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resuse linen and towles,farmers charges extra 453 dollars to pump water out

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