immense body of water where there was none before? (c) Negative effects on building damns (d) Negative impact on the ecosystem‚ people who have to move‚ economy and health (3) Negative effects on the ecosystem -when a big dam is built‚ it may flood several thousand square miles of land -all living things will be drowned (ex. Plants‚ insects‚ etc.) -everything changes (ex. the chemistry of the water‚ habitat of fish‚ etc.) Negative effects on the Baoules because of moving to another settlement
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use hydroelectric dams.) Advantages of Hydroelectric Dams Some advantages of hydroelectric dam is that they do not pollute the air or the earth. To make a hydroelectric dam it costs a lot of money‚ unless the 4 dam is going to be built for floods or irrigation‚ and if so the cost of building the dam will be shared. Hydroelectric dams is renewable because the sun makes the water evaporate from the oceans‚ or sea so we keep having water run though the dam and the dam keeps creating electricity
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takes a very short period of time to form. In most cases flash floods few form and take place Nature of floods There are few places on Earth where people need not be concerned about flooding due to their location. Rain is not the only impetus for flood even a broken dam wall can be the stimuli of a flood. A flood occurs when water overflows or inundates land that ’s normally dry. This can happen in a multitude of ways. Most common floods are when rivers or streams overflow their banks. Excessive
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this is the general rise in sea level globally‚ due to global warming as well as the saturated nature of the wetlands in the Niger Delta. Periodic floods occur on many rivers‚ forming a surrounding region known as flood plain. Rivers overflow for reasons like excess rainfall. The good thing about river overflows is the fact that as flood waters flow into the banks‚ sand‚ silt and debris are deposited into the surrounding land. After the river water subsided and go back to its normal
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Flooding in Nigeria SUMMARY Floods are among the most devastating natural disasters in the world‚ claiming more lives and causing more property damage than any other natural phenomena. In Nigeria‚ though not leading in terms of claiming lives‚ flood affects and displaces more people than any other disaster; it also causes more damage to properties. At least 20 per cent of the population is at risk from one form of flooding or another. In Nigeria‚ flood disaster has been perilous to people
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Take home points 1) Concepts for rehabilitation after surgery are similar to any other shoulder injury‚ but a greater understanding for the specific procedure is required. 2) Aggressive training in non-surgerized areas of the body is possible so long as the injured area is not placed at risk. 3) Rapid return to the water‚ even if the arm is not used‚ is the most important goal of the process Surgery is one of the worst fates for a swimmer. In many cases surgery is avoidable‚ but that is a separate
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and impacts of the 1998 Flood Bangladesh - Fact File is one of the world’s most densely populated countries! has a population of 125m inhabitants is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GNP of $200 per head has three of the world’s most powerful rivers passing through its country - The Ganges‚ the Meghna & the Brahmaputra contains virtually no raw materials or rock experiences floods and tropical storms every year The Physical Causes of the Floods Most of the country consists
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history of flooding due to abnormal climate conditions. Every year precautions are taken to help minimize damages that are caused by the flooding. There are four main reasons that contribute to the river flooding so often. These main reasons for the floods are: Synchrony of discharge with spring thaw‚ ice jams‚ glacial lake plain‚ and the decrease in gradient downstream. The first reason that contributes to the river flooding so often is the ice melting in the spring. The Red River flows northward
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FLOODING IN BANGLADESH CAUSES OF THE FLOODS There are several physical reasons why Bangladesh suffers from flooding almost every summer; It has the perfect conditions for such as disaster- this is because : • tropical cyclones from the bay of Bengal bringing heavy rain and storm waves in late summer • 70% of the land of the total area is less than 1 metre above sea level • The total annual rain falls in the summer of Dhaka is almost 2000mm • Rivers lakes and swamps cover more than 10% of the
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