ASSIGNMENT ON FLOOD SUBMITTED TO DR. KHAIRUL BASHAR COURSE NO: GS 410 SUBMITTED BY Ashraful Arefin 4th year (Hons) Session: 2003-2004 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY SAVAR‚ DHAKA 1|Page CONTENTS Questions: 1. What is flood? 2. What are the causes of floods? 3. What are different types of flood? 4. What are the effects of flood? 5. Discuss the different methods of control and prevention of flood. 6. How flood can be predicted? Discuss prediction
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The Flood In both The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Genesis‚ a flood is sent down in order to wipe out the human population. In both‚ the flood has survivors who replenish the human race‚ but their goals are different. Although a major flood is present in Gilgamesh and The Genesis‚ it differs in the reasons behind it and why. The occurrence of the flood is similar in both the Genesis and Gilgamesh. In both‚ two men are employed to build a boat in the event of an upcoming flood. Noah is advised by God
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mmmmmmmmmm- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmStory About Great Flood The Great Flood - Myth The Tingians‚ a group of pagan people inhabiting the interior hills of Abra have their own story of the Great Deluge. The tragic incident began with the abduction of Humitau‚ a sea-maiden guard of Tau-mari-u‚ lord of the sea‚ by Aponi-tolau. One day‚ Aponi-tolau‚ god-hero of t... Premium714 Words3 Pages Comparative Analysis on Great Flood Myths Great Floods have been a topic of many myths throughout time. These
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Gilgamesh and Noah and the flood myths stories has several similarities and difference. In the both stories‚ there is an enormous flood that covers the earth. The flood myth in The Epic of Gilgamesh was written somewhere around 2750 and 2500 BCE‚ whereas the Noah and the Flood was written around 500 BC. As for The Mesopotamian story is date in the Bronze Age‚ 3000-1050 BC. All three stories tell a story of a noble figure who is apprised by mystical beings that a large flood is going to destroy the
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from the Environment Agency is the Upstream Flood Storage. I think this would be the best option because it will stop the town from getting flooded but also‚ it would be better downstream. The water will be temporarily stored on fields upstream of the town‚ on farm land. There may be animals on the fields but they can easily be moved out of the way. This could also lead to new wildlife in the area‚ although also disrupt the wildlife already there. The flood storage reservoir upstream of the town can
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unify the scattered parts and splintered tribes of the Arabian peninsula. He annexed Al Qasseem in 1904 (1322 H)‚ Al Ahsa in 1913 (1331 H)‚ Asir in 1916 (1334 H) and Hayel in 1921 (1340 H). He conquered Taif‚ and entered Makkah in 1924 (1343 H). When Jeddah was taken in 1925 (1344 H)‚ the entire Hijaz Region submitted to his rule. Continuing his Jihad for 31 years‚ Abdul Aziz was gradually able to establish the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia‚ declaring its founding on the 22nd of September 1932 (21st of Jumad
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theological scholars have determined that the Great Flood as told in Genesis occurred sometime around 2500BC. In Genesis 6 through 8 it tells of how God who became dissatisfied with the wickedness of mankind causes a flood in order to destroy mankind. Before the flood‚ however‚ God finds a righteous man and tells him to build an ark for his family and the animals of the earth in order for them to repopulate the Earth after the flood. The rains begin causing a flood that kills every living creature of the Earth
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centerfielder Curt Flood. Influenced by the chaos of his times‚ Flood started his own social movement‚ a single ball player’s struggle for freedom on the baseball diamond. Flood‚ an accomplished baseball player‚ had experienced twelve years in the Major Leagues‚ a victim of discrimination in a country that was still racist. In 1969‚ Flood made a historic decision that ended his baseball career at the age of 31. Against the advice of the Major League Baseball’s Players Union‚ Flood refused to accept
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suggest otherwise. ... Similarity #2 seems like an integral part of any ancient flood story‚ so does not constitute an unexpected similarity. Since a flood would ... Gilgamesh flood myth - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh_flood_myth このページを訳す Many scholars believe that the flood myth was added to Tablet XI in the "standard version" of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who utilized the flood story from ... Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh of a boxthorn-like plant at the very
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Causes of Floods Floods are caused by many factors: heavy precipitation‚ severe winds over water‚ unusual high tides‚ tsunamis‚ or failure of dams‚ levels‚ retention ponds‚ or other structures that contained the water. Periodic floods occur on many rivers‚ forming a surrounding region known as the flood plain. During times of rain or snow‚ some of the water is retained in ponds or soil‚ some is absorbed by grass and vegetation‚ some evaporates‚ and the rest travels over the land as surface runoff
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