FROM THE ARTIC - WET,COLD AIR BRINGS SNOW IN WINTER.
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POLAR MARITIME AIR MASS
FROM GREENLAND/ARTIC SEA - WET,COLD AIR BRINGS COLD, SHOWERY WEATHER.
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TROPICAL MARITIME AIR MASS
FROM ATLANTIC - WARM , MOIST AIR BRINGS CLOUDS, RAIN AND MILD WEATHER. "PREVAILING DIRECTION OF WEATHER".
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TROPICAL CONTINENTAL AIR MASS
FROM NORTH AFRICA - HOT, DRY AIR BRINGS HOT WEATHER IN SUMMER.
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POLAR CONTINENTAL AIR MASS
FROM CENTRAL EUROPE - HOT AIR BRINGS DRY SUMMERS, COLD AIR BRINGS SNOW IN WINTER.
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SOMERSET LEVELS - 2013-2014
THEY ARE LOCATED IN SOUTH WEST ENGLAND. THEY COVER AND AREA OF 650KM(SQUARED). INBETWEEN THE QUANTOCK AND MENDIP HILLS. THE LAND IS BELOW SEA LEVEL.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
IT IS FLAT LAND, THE LAND WAS DRAINED FOR FARMING AND HOUSING, ITS NEAR THE COAST, ITS MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS ONLY 8M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, ITS IMBETWEEN TWO SETS OF HILLS.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
INBETWEEN TWO HILLS CAUSING A BOWL AFFECT AS THE WATER WILL DRAIN INTO IT. THE GROUND IS TOO WET SO THE WATER FLOATS ON TOP OF THE LAND.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
PROLONGED RAIN, HURRICANE FORCE WIND SPEEDS, TIDAL SURGES, 12 MAJOR STORMS FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY, THE RIVER HAS NOT BEEN DREDGED PROPERLY.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
SOCIAL - 600 HOUSES WERE AFFECTED, VILLAGES WERE COMPLETLY CUT OFF, JOURNEY TIMES LONGER AS ROADS WERENT ACCESSIBLE.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
ENVIRONMENTAL - LIVE STOCK HAD TO BE MOVED, 6900 HECTACRES OF LAND WAS UNDERWATER, FLOOD SEEMED TO HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON WILDLIFE.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
ECONOMIC - £4 MILLION TO DREDGE RIVERS OVERFLOWING, LIVE STOCK HAD TO BE SOLD, BUSINESSES LOST TRADE IN LOCAL AREAS.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
EVACUATE TO LESS FLOOD PRONE AREAS, GOT MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT TO REBUILD HOMES, REMOVED WEEDS FROM RIVER BEDS, HELPED OTHERS TRAPPED IN HOMES.
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SOMERSET LEVELS
DREDGING MORE RIVERS, REPAIRING DAMAGED FLOOD BANKS, RAISING OF ROADS, MAKING PERMENANT PUMPS, BUILD TIDAL BARRIORS, INSTALLED 62 PUMPS.
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POLAR MARITIME AIR MASS
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FROM GREENLAND/ARTIC SEA - WET,COLD AIR BRINGS COLD, SHOWERY WEATHER.
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