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Bushfires are often started by any of the following:
- lightning strikes
- campfires not being put out properly
- sparks from a car's exhaust if surrounding vegetation is extremely dry
- arson
- damaged power lines
Conditions that cause the bushfire to increase in intensity are excessive heat and prolonged heatwave or drought, which has caused the vegetation to become tinder-dry, as well as strong, hot winds.
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What are the positive effects of bushfires?
the regrowth of the other vegetation.
What conditions can cause a bushfire?
There are several natural and man-made factors that can lead to bushfire conditions.Atmospheric conditions that cause lightning storms can result in bushfires. This is when a warm front meets a cold front. Statistics indicate that most bushfires are caused by lightning strikes.The intensity of bushfires is increased by dry vegetation, often after a period of heatwave, together with strong, gusting winds, and absence of precipitation. Droughts and prostrated heat are classic conditions for causing bushfires.A man-made condition that causes bushfires is sheer idiocy. Bushfires are, unfortunately, commonly caused by man's activities, whether arson or unintentionally lighting the fires such as by tossing cigarettes out of car windows, or not extinguishing campfires properly.High winds, coupled with dry air, can cause bushfires. Gusting winds cause faulty power lines to spark and arc, which easily ignites the vegetation into bushfires.
How do you put out bushfires?
you add some water to the mixture :D
Where in the world are bushfires most likely to occur?
daily mainly arson and lightning strike fires
How do lightning strikes cause bushfires?
Lightning strikes are the main natural cause of bushfires in Australia (human activity is the main overall cause). Australia is a very dry continent with lower rainfall than other continents, particularly during the summer in southern areas. The country is drought-prone, with long, hot, dry summers in the southern states, and vegetation, as a result, becomes very dry, easily ignited and tinder for fires. When sudden storms roll in, as they often do with the clashing of warm and cold air fronts, not only are there lightning strikes which ignite the dry vegetation easily, but these small fires are quickly fanned into blazing bushfires by the strong, gusting winds that accompany these summer squalls.
How does global warming cause bushfires?
Global warming doesn't cause bushfires, but it prepares the countryside for them by drying everything out. It takes very little to start a bushfire if everything is tinder-dry.
What are three questions to ask about bushfires?
#1 What are bushfires called in German? (or any language you'd like) #2 Where are bushfires found? #3 What kind of soil do bushfires grow in?
When can't bushfires happen?
Bushfires cannot happen during flooding rains.
Bushfires that begin with the letter z?
Bushfires do not have names, unlike cyclones and hurricanes.
How does the four spheres relate to bushfires?
it does not relate to bushfires the four spheres are lithosphere atmosphere biosphere and hydrosphere bushfires just destroy abit of the 4 main spheres
What do bushfires have in them?
fire....
Where were the 2011 bushfires?
Regions around Perth in Western Australia were badly hit by bushfires in 2011.
When did Kangaroo Island bushfires happen?
Kangaroo Island bushfires happened on 2007-12-06.
What are the colors for AshWednesday?
Black and purple. black because that ash Wednesday also remembers bushfires and burning of palmfrones and purple the start of lent
Are all bushfires the same?
no
What is the behavior of bushfires?
Bushfires are unpredictable. However, they always move faster uphill - for every ten degrees of gradient slope, the bushfire speed doubles. Depending on the winds, bushfires can rapidly change direction.
What time did the Queensland bushfire start?
The devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia, officially started on Saturday, 7 February 2009. Fire authorities were alerted to the worst of the fires at Kilmore, at 11.20am on Saturday, when smoke and then flames were seen near the top of a hill outside the town in central Victoria.
