779 words essay on floods in India and its control Subrat Mangaraj Countries irrigated by an adequate river system are in many ways blessed. These rivers not only help agriculture‚ but they provide a cheap and efficient transport system for the development of internal trade. The saying goes—land divides‚ seas unite. But waterways bring also a good deal of misery to the people by causing devastating seasonal floods In India‚ for example‚ the sub-Himalayan regions of Uttar Pradesh‚ Bihar‚ Bengal
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yes‚ Canada should use this way to improve its immigrant level. However‚ most of the people believe that Canada should not use this policy. Firstly‚ the population in Canada is less‚ it cannot meet the labour-market needs. In "Why Canada Needs a Flood of Immigrants"(2012)‚ Joe Friesen states that Canada needs to increase the number of immigrants‚ best to doubt the number of immigrants. The reason is that Canada lacks enough labour force. For example‚ in "Why Canada Needs More Immigrants—Now"‚ Ramsey
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Two Different Books with Similar Stories The Book of Genesis and The Epic of Gilgamesh have many clear similarities. One major‚ noticeable similarity is that in both stories‚ there are flood legends. There is the legend of Noah and the Ark in The Book of Genesis and the story of Utnapishtim in The Epic of Gilgamesh. In both stories‚ a higher power wants to wipe out the human race and decides to save one person who is then assigned to build an ark to hold himself‚ his family‚ and one of each animal
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ABSTRACT Flood is one of the disastrous phenomena that caused a lot of deaths to some other uninformed area in the province. The researchers from Negros Occidental High School proposed a study with the objective to construct and develop a flood detection device‚ present a practical device‚ and introduce the device to a certain residents in the province that needs to be aware of flood. After the device was constructed‚ the researchers tested the device in a cup of water. During the testing of device
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experiencing floods due to the rising of the river waters in that area. It has been‚ observed that even just a slight rain fall; flood occurs and brings devastation to the houses‚ and to the people especially rainy seasons. As one of the resident of our Purok‚ I already witnessed how my neighbors suffered from this problem. They always‚ evacuate and after that clean their houses and lastly repair what has been damaged from the flood. In fact‚ houses there were built in high story style to avoid floods coming
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natural disaster‚ but still the city suffers from one of the most common natural hazards quite often. One of the major natural events or extreme weather that happens in Las Vegas is monsoons and flash flooding. A few times a year‚ there are flash floods where the rain seem to come out of nowhere and water builds up in some areas very quickly. Flash flooding is something that will be experienced in the future as it happens yearly. Another very common natural hazard that is experienced in Las Vegas
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2010 Civilization 1 Why does the flood happen? Why is Utnapishtim singled out to be saved? Why does the flood happen? The flood happens because the counselor Enlil wanted to kill off all humans that lived in Shuruppak. He wanted to punish all of the humans for their sins and crimes they have committed. “It is right to punish the sinner for his sins‚ to punish the criminal for his crime”(pg 189-190 book xi. ) Five of the Gods in secret agreed to flood Shuruppak “ Five gods decided‚ and took
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The Epic of Gilgamesh has many similarities to The Legend of King Arthur. Although Gilgamesh and King Arthur have comparison they also have differences. The main difference is that one is an Epic and the other is a Legend. To compare and contrast The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Legend of King Arthor‚ one must first know what the words‚ "Epic" and "Legend" mean. Primarily‚ "epic" is a long narrative poem about the deeds of a semi-god‚ also known as a superhuman hero who’s actions are depended on as
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Case study – Boscastle flash flood * Afternoon – Monday 16th August * 200mm rain fell in 24 hours – most in 5 hours * Average for whole of Boscastle in August – 75mm * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normal * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normally small River Valency flowing towards harbour = burst its banks. * Effects – * Nobody was killed * 58 buildings flooded‚ some had to be demolished * 25 business properties
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Uttarakhand Floods: A Disaster of Our Own Making? Even after two weeks of rescue operations uncertainty prevails over the number of casualties and people still stuck in what is described as the worst natural disaster that has ever struck the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Chief Minister of the mountainous state‚ Vijay Bahuguna‚ says that the exact number of deaths in the calamity will never be known as estimates of the actual casualties vary from hundreds to several thousands
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