Geography: river flooding in Bangladesh 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyRiversGCSEOCR Created by: charlottesearleCreated on: 05-05-14 13:05 What and Where is Bangladesh and what and when did the river flood? Bangladesh is an LEDC in South Asia •it experienced a flood in July and August of 2007, of the Brahmaputra and Ganges 1 of 17 What were the causes of flooding? Heavy rainfall if 900mm - saturating the soil and increasing surface run off 2 of 17 What was another cause? Peak discharge happened at the same time for both rivers - increasing the discharge downstream 3 of 17 What else contributed to the flooding? Melting snow from glaciers in the Himilayers 4 of 17 Primary effects: how many people died? Over 2000 people died 5 of 17 Primary: how many people were made homeless? 25 million people were made homeless 6 of 17 Primary: How many schools were destroyed? 44 schools totally destoryed 7 of 17 Primary: how many houses were destroyed? 120,000 houses were destroyed 8 of 17 Primary: how many roads were destroyed? 10,000km of roads were destroyed 9 of 17 What happened to the rivers? The rivers were polluted with rubbish and sewage 10 of 17 Secondary: what happened to the schools and children? Children lost out on education - around 4000 schools were affected by the flood 11 of 17 Secondary: how many people caught diseases and what were they? 100,000 people caught waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery 12 of 17 Secondary: how did the flooding affect farmers? Flooded fields reduced rice yields - prices rose by 10% 13 of 17 Secondary: what happened to these farmers and factory workers? They became unemployed 14 of 17 Flood protection measures: what did Bamgladesh introduce? A Flood Forecasting and Warning System, with 85 flood monitoring stations 15 of 17 Management: what other flood protection did Bangladesh make? 6000km of man-made levees 16 of 17 Management: how is flooding under conditions? Controlled flooding- allowing sediment to build up to make natural banks 17 of 17
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