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Flood plains around rivers and streams are areas especially prone to flooding. Though the Earth has always experienced flooding throughout time, a big difference now is the number of people who live in flood-prone areas. Man-made actions have changed the course of river beds and natural flood zones. So when rains come, as they will, the excess water overflows river banks and floods homes and businesses. While flood waters' natural purpose is to re-fertilize the land by bringing in fresh river silt, for humans today, flooding is a huge problem.
Effects of flooding include:
- injuries and deaths directly from the flood, such as drowning
- Structural damage
- Property damage
- Injury or Death to livestock animals
- Infrastructure damage
- Lack of clean water when treatment facilities flood
- Loss of Income / wages
- Relocation costs
- Rebuilding, cleaning costs
- reduced community benefits from taxes because tax needs to go to rebuilding
- emotional and psychological toll
- physical toll
- immediate harm to babies and elderly
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How do humans effect the chance for flooding?
they leave sinks on
What factor has the largest effect on how humans interact with environment?
Humans interact with the environment creating great change. The largest effect of how humans interact with this environment is the destruction of rainforests.
What impact does hurricanes have on humans and their environment?
They impact humans by flooding homes and can also kill people. It hurts the environment by ruining lands and can make trees fall
What are North Dakota's human environment interactions?
One of the most recent was the flooding in North Dakota. Sandbagging and other methods were used by humans to prevent flooding of buildings. Humans have built in areas that are subject to flooding, then have to deal with the affects of flooding. Other human-environment interactions in North Dakota include farming, raising animals, construction, hunting and fishing, trash and littering, and more.
What is the largest effect on how humans interact with the environment?
Perhaps the major effect that humans have on the environment is the pollution of the atmosphere. The greenhouse gases in this pollution are causing temperature rises all over the world.
What is a positive and negative effect of human environment interaction?
An example of a positive effect of humans environment interaction is the amount of crops humans grow, which increases plant life and feeds animals in the environment, as well as feeding and benefiting humans. A negative effect is pollution, which damages both the environment and the people who live in it.
What effect do hurricanes have on humans?
There is flooding, that kills the most people, the wind can bring trees down and they can also make tornadoes
How do humans effect their environment?
We destroy it! Cos that's all we know how to do!
What 3 things effect height in humans?
Genetics, environment and health
How does humans affect the environment of chad?
yo, they effect it by using their toilet facilities
What are the effects of bitumen deposit on the environment?
Bitumen deposits have no effect on the environment unless they are disturbed by humans, if humans burn them or make fuel or asphalt out of them they release CO2 in the atmosphere which increases the greenhouse effect and provokes global warming
Do humans have the greatest effect on the physical environment or the biotic environment of organisms?
Could you repeat the question in terms that i can understand
