river case studies 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyCase studiesASAQA Created by: Gabi ChaseCreated on: 04-05-13 18:46 waterfall example bridal veils falls, new zealand 1 of 31 what is the river called? river pakota plunged 20m over tough igneous dolerite 2 of 31 arcuate delta? Nile delta 3 of 31 how big is it? 240kmn 4 of 31 what are the two main distributaries known as? damietta and rosetta 5 of 31 what happened to this delta? no longer recieves fertile sediment due to Aswan Dam 6 of 31 bird-foot? Mississippi 7 of 31 river rejuvination? river rheidol, wales 8 of 31 what happaned? river rheidol caputred the headwaters of the river teifi at devils bridge 9 of 31 At what altititude? 250m above sea level 10 of 31 how big is the gorge? falls 500m in just 45km 11 of 31 where is there an incised meander? parson's bridge. due to rapid vertical erosion exceeds lateral erosion. 12 of 31 flooding in MEDC cumbria, 2009 13 of 31 what was it caused by? torrent of warm moist air from the south atlantic forced to rise by high cumbrian mountains 14 of 31 where was there a torrent of water? 2.5m in cockermouth 15 of 31 how many died? only 1 from a bridge collapse (compared to 250) 16 of 31 how many homes displaced? 1300 17 of 31 eventual cost? 100million 18 of 31 LEDC floods Phillipines, Sept 2009 19 of 31 what was the island called? Luzon 20 of 31 what was the typhoon called? Ketsana 21 of 31 how much rain fell? 445 in just 24hrs 22 of 31 what happened in Marikina river bursts its banks in a vast urban sprawl 23 of 31 how many died? 250 24 of 31 how much rice production effected? 3% 25 of 31 how many displaced 30,000 26 of 31 poltical effectd criticism of lack of gov warning 27 of 31 channelisation river witham, licolnshire 28 of 31 how much did discharge capacity increase? from 13m3/s to 31m3/s 29 of 31 where is there a dam? three gorges dam, china 30 of 31 where are there enhanced levees? mississippi 31 of 31
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