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People can avoid the floods by not building on the flood plain or by constructing leveesto hold the water back.
-CA Sixth Grade Earth Science Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
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Which measure is least likely to be used to control flooding or to reduce the damage from floods?
Changing the sediment load of a river
What technology is responsible for preventing river flooding?
dams are
What is an embankment built along the side of a river control flooding?
a leeve
What does a storm drain do?
A storm drain will take the water from storms, and bring it to the closest river. This prevents flooding.
How does concrete or asphalt affect flooding?
Covering land with concrete or asphalt means that the rain cannot soak into the soil and instead flows along the surface. This reduces the lag time for the water to get into the river and can cause flooding as the river channel fills up much more quickly than before.
What is the three methods to control flooding?
Build dams, dig out river banks, build levy banks, pump from river to catchments
What is it called when a river overflows its banks?
It is called flooding der what is the real term
A condition that develops when water overflows natural or artificial river banks?
flooding
What is a definition of river flooding?
It means a river whose waters have overflowed it's banks onto the adjacent floodplain.
Why was flooding so important to the egyptians?
The flooding of the Nile River turned the banks into marsh-like areas perfect for farming their crops.
This is the name to the mineral-rich silt that is deposited on the banks of the Huang He River during flooding?
Loess
What are the advantages of building up the river banks to stop flooding?
When you support a rivers banks it will make it harder for the river to break it's banks, this is because the river banks have been made stronger, so the water would have to be really strong to break through them if they are built right...!
What is the flooding of the Nile River caused by?
Rains down south of the river flow into it and are carried along to the Mediterranean. The extra water causes it to overflow its banks.
How flooding is caused in the Nile River?
Rains down south of the river flow into it and are carried along to the Mediterranean. The extra water causes it to overflow its banks.
A flood control levee is considered a public good because?
If the level of the river rises, the levee gives the river unnaturally high banks thus preventing flooding in the community which has them and virtually guaranteeing flooding in the next community downstream.
Which measure is least likely to be used to control flooding or to reduce the damage from floods?
Changing the sediment load of a river
Why would house on a river bank be considered a risk?
Because there is an increased risk of flooding and water damage to the house. This is due to the possibility of the river overflowing the banks of the river after a large rain or storm.
