Bangladesh Floods

River floods
1. the result of spring snow melt and monsoon rains
2. Extreme floods occur when monsoon is intense or prolonged
3. lead to deposition of sediment on floodplain
  1. Creating 1 of the most fertile areas in World
4. needed by people
Coastal Floods
1. created by cyclones in Bay of Bengal
  1. create storm surges 6m high
2. ruin the farmland
  1. people heavily depend on farmland
Impacts of 1998 flood
1. 60% of country flooded due to heavy rain
2. Dhaka(capital) under water for many weeks
3. 100s killed
4. 1000s homeless
5. over 40% people took over 1year to recover
6. 900 bridges and 15000km road destroyed
7. farmland and crops destroyed/polluted by flood water
Flood management
1. levees and storm drains usually controlled the floodwaters
2. 2 new schemes have been developed
  1. Preparedness programme
  2. Dhaka integrated flood protection project

Resource summary

	Created by elliesussex over 11 years ago