Flash flood From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Driving through a flash-flooded road Nepal Monsoon A flash flood after a thunderstorm in the Gobi‚ Mongolia A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes‚ rivers‚ dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm‚ hurricane‚ tropical storm‚ or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods may occur after the collapse
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The Flood Last winter‚ we drove up to New York to visit my grandparents for Christmas. The plan was to spend the holiday there‚ and take a train into New York City the next morning. My grandparents live in Syracuse‚ so it ended up being about a six hour train ride. When we arrived and stepped out onto the street from Penn Station‚ my jaw literally dropped. The city was amazing. It was like nothing I had ever seen before. It was late at night and the streets were as full as they would be during
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features. The Yellow River that flowed through China‚ impacted China in both positive and negative ways. The people called the Yellow River the “River of Sorrows” because when the river flooded it destroyed all the crops and the houses that lived along the river. However‚ despite the negative side of the Huang He River‚ it was great for the land. The river has silt which is called loess‚ it deposits the loess along the river bends and makes the land fertile. Also‚ the Huang He River is real important
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FLOOD A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry.[1] The European Union (EU) Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water.[2] In the sense of "flowing water"‚ the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies‚ such as a river or lake‚ in which the water overtops or breaks levees‚ resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries‚[3] or it may
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Compare Floods in LEDC and MEDC I am going to discuss two case studies regarding floods. One of my case studies is of Cocker mouth‚ this is a town in England exposed to floods this is my case study of an MEDC. My other case study is the LEDC in which I talk about Bangladesh. Cocker mouth is situated in the Lake District in England. England is an MEDC and this area experienced vast ranges of flooding during late November. The town lies among the confluence of two rivers that leave it prone to flooding
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2013 North India floods From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia 2013 North India floods NASA satellite imagery of Northern India on June 17‚ showing rainclouds that led to the disaster NASA satellite imagery of Northern India on June 17‚ showing rainclouds that led to the disaster Fatalities: About 5‚700 (presumed dead) (as of 16 July 2013) Damages: 365 houses destroyed‚ 275 houses partially damaged (in Uttarakhand)[1] 4‚200 villages affected[2] Areas affected: India India (Uttarakhand
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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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FLASH FLOOD Flash flood is one of the natural disasters that harmful to people. This kind of natural disaster usually cannot be expected by people because flash flood is a sudden occurrence. Flash flood happened suddenly with very little warning. So that‚ this will become a hazard situation when nobody knows that there will be happen a flood while all of them are busy doing their job. This shows that it is important to be aware of any signs of the flood and always remember to get to the high ground
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FLOODS IS ASSAM ON 22nd JUNE 2012 Assam‚ the gateway to the north-eastern seven sister states of India‚ is facing the nature’s fury once again as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries (Kapili etc.‚) continued to flow above the danger mark due to heavy rainfalls since June 1st week. Around 116 people are killed and an estimated population of 22 lakh have been affected in the worst ever flood in recent years causing large-scale devastation in 2809 villages in 27 of the 28 districts of the state
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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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