The Eden Basin cases study 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesASAQA Created by: hests001Created on: 24-06-17 17:25 where is the eden basin? North-west England 1 of 19 where is the source? Pennine hills, South Cumbria 2 of 19 where is the mouth? Solway Firth, Scottish border 3 of 19 what city does it run through? Carlisle 4 of 19 long+ narrow basin, how long? 145m 5 of 19 low lying land- how low? 20m above sea level 6 of 19 what are the 3 human factors affecting the basin? farming, construction and deforestation 7 of 19 between 2000-2009, what % increase was there in the number of cattle in the Eden valley? 30% 8 of 19 what decreases interception in upland areas? grazing 9 of 19 what is an example of a new building estate? the eden gate development 10 of 19 there are plans to build a 'garden village'- with how many new homes? 10,000 11 of 19 when were the 2 main floods? 2005+2010 12 of 19 how many homes were flooded? 2700 13 of 19 how many homeless? 3,000 14 of 19 how many died?! 3 15 of 19 how many schools flooded? 4 16 of 19 how many businesses shut down? 350 17 of 19 how much money was out into the flood defence plan? £30 million 18 of 19 what are 2 examples of the defences used? flood wall + embankment 19 of 19
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