Section A - Restless Earth The earth’s structure At the centre of the earth is the core. Surrounding that is a mass of molten rock called the mantle. The thin layer on the outside is called the crust. There are two types of crust‚ continental and oceanic. The crust is made up of seven major plates and many smaller ones. The plates move due to convection currents rising in the mantle. Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes Mainly found along plate boundaries. In
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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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73600acre. It yields 15.83 lacks revenue per year. Agricultural production increase as 30400 tons. It was 147.74 lacks. This project was fully feasible in the eyes of government. If plan 1 was accepted than temple was saved by using gates to save from flood. After making 1 proposal government made 2 proposal. In that‚ if all of three levels rose so that ultimate capacity raise to 1000 million cu. Ft. in that F.S.L. 595 &H.F.L. 606. By doing this the agricultural production increasing and irrigation
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Disaster Recovery at Marshall Field’s Early in the morning on April 13‚ 1992‚ basements in Chicago’s downtown central business district began to flood. Ahole the size of an automobile had developed between the river andan adjacent abandoned tunnel. The tunnel‚ built in the early 1900s for transporting coal‚ runsthroughout the downtown area. When the tunnel flooded‚ so did the basements connected toit‚ some 272 in all‚ including that of major retailer Marshall Field’s. The problem was first
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our blames to the nature. Natural disasters are certainly beyond human control. But human action and inaction can intensely affect their outcome‚ exacerbating or mitigating their effects on people. Different catastrophes alarm us-earthquake‚ flood‚ volcanic eruption‚ tornado‚ tsunami‚ wildfire‚ drought‚ hailstorm‚ heat wave‚ hurricane‚ epidemic‚ famine‚ and other disasters. These events came naturally to us‚ sometimes‚ without further ado. Or is it really naturally? I bet it is not. Human activities
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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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Earthquakes ------------------------------------------------- Flood From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Flood (disambiguation). Contemporary picture of the flood that struck the North Sea coast of Germany andDenmark in October 1634. People seeking refuge from flood in Java. ca. 1865–1876. Flooding of a creek due to heavymonsoonal rain and high tide in Darwin‚Northern Territory‚ Australia. Jeddah Flood‚ covering King Abdullah Street in Saudi Arabia. Flooding
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describe and explain the different impacts of flooding. (25) Floods make a big impact on the environment and society. Floods can destroy drainage systems in cities. Also in cases of severe floods‚ buildings can be damaged and even destroyed. This can lead to catastrophic events on the environment and society. Floods also cause millions of pounds worth of damage. However‚ floods do have a slight positive effect on the environment as floods spread sediment-containing nutrients to soil that might never
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North-West and Kherkatia Suti in Northeast. Geomorphologically the island is alluvial. Large number of wetlands and rivulets constitute excellent breeding ground for numerous indigenous fishes. Every year whether there in flood in Assam or not‚ the Majuli Sub- Division is always affected by floods‚ forcing people to take shelter in roads and higher land. DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS As per the year 2011 Majuli consists of a total of 248 villages with a total population of 153400. Out of this Majuli
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Flood defence funding of £120m announced Many parts of UK have been flooded after heavy storms in recent years. The government has announced £120m of funding for flood defences‚ as households across Britain contend with the aftermath of heavy storms. Ministers estimate that the money‚ which will be delivered between next year and 2015‚ will improve flood protection for up to 60‚000 homes. It comes just days after about 800 UK homes were flooded in recent storms. Labour said it shows how "shortsighted
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