The flooding was caused due to many reasons. The main reason was the above average & long period of heavy rain which caused all 3 rivers to have their peak flow at the same time. Other reasons for flooding is because most of the country consists of huge delta and floodplain‚ 70% of the total area is less than 1 meter above the sea level and 10% is made up of Rivers and lakes. These are only some of the Physical activities that caused flooding. These are some of human activities that made the
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Martha Rinaldi: Should She Stay or Should She Go? Situation Summary: Martha Rinaldi from Iowa City earned a MBA in May 2008 from a business school in Chicago. After her first year of MBA program‚ she had the opportunity to do an internship at the Deep Dive Pizza located in Chicago as an assistant to the director of Promotions. She was doing so well in her responsibilities that the CEO himself was interested of having her in the company. He even proposed her to lead a new and special project in the
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market is small. This provides an ample opportunity to a new entrant as the market is not dominated by some brands and with good quality and competitive pricing‚ it is possible to capture adequate market share. Production Banana Chips or Crisps are deep fried snack - a small or casual meal. Cooking type bananas produce good Chips/Crisps. It is easy to make and the product is very tasty. The small-scale production requires but a few equipment‚ viz.: A stove (Gas‚ Diesel fired or even a Firewood Stove)
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Americans‚ and one girl from Thailand. With a school that small everyone knew everyone. Caucasians were the majority by far‚ but personally I never looked down on the handful of students that looked differently then me. To me‚ color was always skin deep. I would get to know the real person underneath the skin and then form my opinion of them. I hate when people assume something about a person because of the way they look and then they refuse to get to
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In his eloquent speech “Tear Down ‘Deadbeat’ Dams” in 2014‚ Yvon Chouinard employs a vast selection of oratory tools and discusses the importance of taking down non-effective dams‚ damaging all sorts of rivers and lakes all around the world. Published on May 7th‚ 2014 by the New York Times Company‚ his speech contains many evidences and statistics‚ he used in order to form his argument to the decision that policy-makers should do about removing these dams. Chouinard begins his address with introducing
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constructed by Government of India from 1964 to 1973 was handed over to Nepal in 1975 after two years of trial operation(Paudel‚ 2010). The water is withdrawn through a side intake from the left bank of the Koshi River. Koshi is known to be heavy sediment laden river‚ according to Hooning‚ 2011‚ the river carries 59 million m3 of sand annually. Paudel‚ 2010 suspects that based on the canal slope in SMIS‚ sediment transport criteria
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held on the land by planting vegetation. Forests and grass should be planted where there are no natural growths. Dams built across rivers help hold back the water. Reservoirs behind the dams store water during wet seasons for use in dry seasons. Dams help prevent floods by controlling the flow of water. Many towns and cities get their water from nearby lakes and rivers. Some communities dump sewage and garbage into the water‚ making it unfit to drink. Water pollution is one of our most serious problems
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Capitol Lake: Estuary vs. Lake Capitol Lake is a 260 acre large lake that has been a major icon of Olympia and its capitol campus ever since it was created. The lake is well-admired by tourists and locals. It has continuously attracted people with its gorgeous setting‚ and available trails around the lake to jog or walk. Wildlife such as birds‚ fish‚ seals‚ and other marine life have also added to this great nature experience. But what most people don’t know is that even though Capitol Lake is
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BOOKS 07/20/14 http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=pwsczTbbY9sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=flood+control+book&hl=en&sa=X&ei=guTLU82gF46k8AXIiYHYBg&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBzhQ#v=onepage&q=flood%20control%20book&f=false http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=IbRmnGiIFdMC&pg=PA76&dq=negative+effect+of+flooding&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MuLLU9-XIM358QXjuIGoBw&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=negative%20effect%20of%20flooding&f=false http://lasalle.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd=addFacetValueFilters(ContentType‚Book+%2F+eBook)&s
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international focus with a regional focus (mainly hydropower and flood control). For my internship‚ I am analysing the behaviour of water using the physical and numerical model. The term ‘water’ in this project refers to the flowing water such as at the river‚ dam‚ reservoir and others. The behaviour of water is differs depending mainly on the structure of the channel in the nature itself. The discharge and velocity are also change especially due to raining seasons and also sediment transportation. Most
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