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Deforestation. Reduction in natural drainage by excessive building of driveways and roadways. Building on flood plains. Diversion and restriction of rivers.

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by cutting down trees and littering and polluting. by cutting down trees and littering and polluting.

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Humans can build on areas known to flood, and pave over soil that retains water as in paving

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How can cutting down trees and building towns make floods worse?

cutting down trees can make floods worse because the soil absorbs the water,water on the leaves evaporates and does not reach the ground,the roots take in the water and the braches stops the water reaching the ground


How tsunami is a disaster?

it causes floods and can destroy buildings and can make people drown.


How do people in Bangladesh make flooding worse?

people in Bangladesh make floods worse by building less structured homes and putting rubbish in gutters .


How do ice jams in rivers make floods worse?

the ice melts and breaks it down


List and describe three human activities that can make floods worse?

Floods are cause of human activities. Some of the activities are growing population, deforestation and global warming.


How can building towns make floods worse?

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What did pioneers use to cut down trees?

To make room for farms and towns; to build homes, buildings, furniture, etc; and to sell lumber.


What is worse Carpenter ants or Termites?

Termites are known to do more damage to buildings because they actually eat the wood found in buildings and houses. Carpenter ants do damage as well, but only to make room for nests in wood.


What is meant by floods?

The term "floods" is heaps of rain. It literally make the town a river


How does the presence of building and roads make flooding worse?

Inadequate drainage systems. Concrete cannot absorb water in the same way that earth or sand can, so if you do not have good drainage systems floods will occur.


What does rain do to the environment?

it can make floods.


What is the most dangerous a flood or a hurricane?

Hurricane of course. Hurricane can make floods, but floods cant make hurricane it self. Aha.