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    In Gray‚ Maine ‚ a sudden drought takes toll on the local streams. Water levels are a foot lower than average‚ and the precipitation rate has been 8 to 9 inches lower than last year. This was quite a bit of water being absent from the Maine’s average main precipitation. Fortunately‚ there is a forecast of a substantial amount of rain. The amount of rain however‚ causes worries about flash flooding. Luckily‚ the amount of water should be small enough to be immersed by the vegetation. National Weather

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    Essay On Texas Drought

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    Agriculture and Restrictions in Texas Drought In the article “Upstream‚ Downstream” the author Jenna Craig tries to educate us on the drought in Texas. In this article Jenna Craig‚ states‚ “Since 2007‚ Texas has be experiencing one of the worst droughts in history”(Graig 1). It has effected the state in many ways. It has hurt rice farming drastically‚ which is important because rice farming is huge and Texas. It has also impacted people living on lakes or rivers because that’s the water they use

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    The Causes of Flood

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    The Causes of Flood Disaster is a natural or man-made phenomenon that has causes many human deaths‚ damage houses and crops‚ and cause extensive destruction. Flood is one of the disasters that always happen in the world including in Malaysia. Many causes can contribute to flood happen. Although there are various causes of flood‚ these are the three major factors that can make it become more destructive which are the extreme weather pattern at certain location of the place‚ human activities

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    Flood History

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    Flood History   1. Introduction:               Riverbank erosion during high flood period in the valley is a regular annual feature. Over bank flood due to breaches in the embankment render the fertile cultivable land unsuitable for crop production due to deposition of coarse sand on the surface to a variable depth. As per Assam Government Revenue Dept. records‚ an area of 6116 hectares of land was affected by soil erosion in Upper Brahmaputra Valley and North Bank Plain zone during 1994.

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    Flood Monitering

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    African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(7)‚ pp. 1054-1067‚ 19 February‚ 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR DOI: 10.5897/AJARX11.036 ISSN 1991-637X ©2012 Academic Journals Review A critical analysis of 2010 floods in Pakistan Hashim Nisar Hashmi1‚ Qazi Tallat Mahmood Siddiqui1*‚ Abdul Razzaq Ghumman1‚ Mumtaz Ahmed Kamal1 and Habib ur Rehman Mughal2 1 2 Department of Civil Engineering‚ University of Engineering and Technology‚ Taxila‚ Pakistan. Department

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    California is facing the most dramatic drought in history! As a consequence‚ more problems have occurred in the state. People are facing the struggle of not having enough water to bathe‚ wash clothes‚ and do dishes. This massive drought started three years ago and has not gotten any better. Farmers and citizens are fighting over the water. As a result‚ water is running out and the only any to save it is to have laws. Based on the economic problems citizens are facing‚ the county should control aquifer

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    Effects of Floods

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    EFFECTS OF FLOODS Floods are mostly caused by the intensive rainfall that incereases the water level dramatically and results excessive water overflow that might have some devastating effects on te endangerd areas. This unexpected hazard might have a significant impact on both economy and human beings. Firstly‚ an overflow of the expanse of water has a considerable impact on the economy of the country. The submergence of the land‚ results in a destruction of buildings and roads which ‚ in

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    Pakistani Floods

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    The Pakistani Floods of 2010 by The British Geographer The Causes of the Flood Physical Causes From its headwaters in the Himalayas of Tibet‚ the River Indus flows northwest through India before turning sharply south across Pakistan. It finally discharges into the Arabian Sea‚ a journey of some 3‚200km (2‚000 miles). The River Indus has an annual flood caused by tropical monsoon rainfall. It’s rich alluvium floodplain led to one of the cradles of civilization‚ 9000 years ago.  However‚ this flood’s

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    thought through on how California is experiencing a serious drought and the state will be challenged to meet its water needs in the upcoming year? 2013 was the driest year in recorded history for many areas of California‚ and current conditions suggest no change is in sight for 2014.Water is always important in California‚ but this year no one in California can afford to waste any water.  What is a Drought? If you say the word “drought‚” most people think hot‚ dry weather with too little rain. While

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    The Great Flood

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    The Great flood is a historical event that may have happened before 0 BC‚ this was an event that flooded the whole world which have possibly wiped out human and plant existence. There are several different evidence that suggest the happening of the Great flood which include the several geological shaping which can only be created with a massive flood‚ the several different theories that different cultures and religions have mentioned and the possible existence of the Noahs arc however the fact remains

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