The Eden Basin cases study

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where is the eden basin?
North-west England
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where is the source?
Pennine hills, South Cumbria
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where is the mouth?
Solway Firth, Scottish border
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what city does it run through?
Carlisle
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long+ narrow basin, how long?
145m
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low lying land- how low?
20m above sea level
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what are the 3 human factors affecting the basin?
farming, construction and deforestation
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between 2000-2009, what % increase was there in the number of cattle in the Eden valley?
30%
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what decreases interception in upland areas?
grazing
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what is an example of a new building estate?
the eden gate development
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there are plans to build a 'garden village'- with how many new homes?
10,000
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when were the 2 main floods?
2005+2010
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how many homes were flooded?
2700
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how many homeless?
3,000
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how many died?!
3
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how many schools flooded?
4
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how many businesses shut down?
350
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how much money was out into the flood defence plan?
£30 million
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what are 2 examples of the defences used?
flood wall + embankment
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where is the source?

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Pennine hills, South Cumbria

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where is the mouth?

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what city does it run through?

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long+ narrow basin, how long?

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