Flooding in Bangladesh

By Lana spieler

What are the physical causes of floods?

Bangladesh is a mostly flat country. It floods easily. when

rivers flood the water covers most of the land.

In Bangladesh it is usually flat but near Bangladesh there are the

Himalayas, the snow from them melts and flows in to Bangladesh

this causes a flood.

What are the physical causes of floods?

The monsoon storms in Bangladesh every year cause, Bangladesh to flood.

They even have a monsoon season.

What are the Human Causes of Flooding

Deforestation everywhere does have a huge cause, the trees before=re they are gone soke up around 1/3 of the

rain water so the soil does not become saturated, without the trees the soil

does become saturated and has to let water lie on top of the ground.

In Bangladesh in the city water does not have anywhere to get into the ground, the water stays above the

land and it is one of the reasons why Bangladesh floods so badly.

Case Study 1998 Floods

Primary effects of a flood

In floods one of the primary effects is

drowning. This picture shows us a man

drowning in what looks like a flood.

Cattle die in floods. This picture shows us cattle drowning

in a flood.

Primary effects of a flood

In floods crops die because the oxygen can not get to the roots. In floods this is what

happens.

Drowning Diseases Lack of food Dirty water More fish for fishing Rotten food Lack of sanitation

Secondary effects of floods:

In places that have floods with snakes, snakes can swim and try to

look for shelter, the same as humans. Snake bites are fatal to humans and humans can die from

the snake bites.

Responses to Flooding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7125047.stm

http://betsy-ann.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

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