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    because water cannot flow up that surface. These are known as “watershed divides”. An example of a watershed is the Etobicoke River Watershed. Streams of water flow downward‚ to form larger streams of water‚ which will eventually lead into the Etobicoke River. The Etobicoke River would then lead into Lake Ontario‚ which would lead the water through the St. Lawrence River‚ opening into the Atlantic Ocean. Everything is in a watershed‚ even your house

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    expected. Many people lost their lives and property. Australia experienced a flood in Queensland during late December 2010 and January 2011. The devastation of the flood was not expected and many people were caught out in the northern part of the rivers. Both of these floods had similar causes. The impact was different because Pakistan usually floods every year so damages are normally expected. Responses were different due to the country’s wealth at the time. Both countries can implement new policies

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    very steep hills/sides. Another thing is if you have rivers flowing in the country. Human causes are made by people cutting down trees(Deforestation). Bridges make the situation far more worse cars and trees would get stuck under the bridge. Causes of the Flood Causes of the Bangladesh flood: every year the area has very monsoon rains. In the last few years the rainfall has been heavier than expected Bangladesh has one of the two largest rivers in the world The Ganges and the Brahmaputra and the

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    Sand Creek.[1] “The Treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as between themselves.” [2] Greedy and eager to completely disregard the Treaty of Fort Laramie and head west due to the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado‚ the Pikes Peak Gold Rush resulted in masses of European Americans emigrating west across Cheyenne and Arapho lands.[1] Suddenly‚ these lands previously deemed useless to the federal government and rightfully owned by the Natives were subject to

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    flows over the ground as runoff? The nature of the ground‚ the rate of the rainfall‚ and the slope of the land. 2. Draw a simple sketch of a river system. Include and label the following: headwaters. Tributary‚ oxbow lake‚ meander‚ flood plain‚ delta‚ and mouth. 3. This picture shows river meander. Name and describe the process that is occurring at Point A and the process that is occurring at Point B. Point A: Erosion- the water breaks off

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    cross-section; the result‚ after sea-level rise‚ is a fjord with deeper basin than the sill Classical coastal plain estuaries (drowned river valley) – V-shaped cross-section; shallow: 20m or less; broad flat areas along the sides with marshes; very large in surface area 25 km x 25 km (Delaware Bay) Coastal plain salt-marsh estuary – from NC to Florida on east coast‚ few major river estuaries. Salt marshes from along low-lying coastal areas; well-defined tidal drainage network (dendritic); formed in a manner

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    http://www.research.noordhoff.nl/sites/7644/_assets/7644d01.pdf Text The book that follows deals with one of the world’s great rivers‚ the Mekong. The twelfth largest in length‚ it is‚ for reasons that I examine in the text‚ still surprisingly little known by comparison with other great rivers such as the Nile or Amazon. Yet the Mekong and the lands that lie beside it possess a turbulent history and face major contemporary political social and economic problems‚ and so an uncertain future

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    Pakistan received more than three times their annual rainfall in a matter of 36 hours. Gushing quickly down the tributaries into the Indus River‚ the rainwater’s gave rise to floods of catastrophic proportions. Given the immensity of the downpours‚ some flooding was inevitable. Yet rivers are essentially channels to drain out water; being one of the largest rivers of the world‚ the Indus should have been able to carry out the excess waters into the Arabian Sea which it joins near Karachi. Why could

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    pressure on water resources and resulting in the need to establish environmental flows in rivers. Outline the principles of environmental flows in relation to maintaining fish population integrity. (50%) Describe the impacts of dam construction for water supply‚ hydropower generation‚ irrigation and flood control on flows and the effects on fish and fisheries. (50%) 2. In the 1950s to 1970s many lowland rivers were degraded by engineering activities designed to minimise flooding of adjacent land

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    study guide

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    between one drainage basin and another 6. Source- The place where a river begins- river system has numerous sources 7. Confluence- A place where two rivers meet Overground • Channel flow- Raindrops might fall directly into a river or stream • Surface Runoff- Water runs downhill over the ground towards a river or stream 1. Rain travelling as surface runoff will get to rivers and streams much more quickly‚ reaching a river or stream with little delay within a short time-span 2. More likely

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