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Disadvantages of the thames barrier?
It could cause flooding downstream of the barrier.
How will the gorges dam reduce flooding?
It will reduce flooding of the land beyond its position - by regulating the amount of water released downstream.
How will the three gorge dam reduce flooding?
It will reduce flooding of the land beyond its position - by regulating the amount of water released downstream.
What is backwater flooding?
Backwater flooding happens when there is an obstruction downstream that causes the water further upstream to rise over the banks and into the landscape. An ice jam or channel restriction can cause backwater flooding.
Does levee prevent flooding by lake with excess water?
It pulls water downstream before it can flood.
Describe a beneficial effect that flooding can have on a flood plain?
Benefits of flooding may include increased soil moisture and higher crop yields. Also, allowing natural flooding may help reduce excessive sediment deposits downstream.
Can easily sweep pedestrians and vehicles downstream?
Moving water can easily sweep pedestrians and vehicles downstream. The water does not need to be moving fast, but obviously, flash flooding imposes the greatest risk. Vehicles can be engulfed or overturned. People can be carried downstream for miles and drown from fighting the water.
How does a dam control and or cause flooding?
A dam controls flooding by regulating water flow in rivers and reservoirs, storing excess water during heavy rainfall and releasing it gradually to prevent downstream flooding. However, if a dam is poorly managed or experiences structural failure, it can cause flooding by releasing too much water suddenly. Additionally, if the reservoir behind the dam becomes full, it may lead to controlled releases that can overwhelm downstream areas, resulting in flooding. Proper management and maintenance are crucial to balancing flood control and risk.
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.
What is upstream flooding?
Upstream floods are similar to flash floods. Large amounts of rain in a short period of time. Downstream floods are produced by storms of long duration that saturate the soil and produce increased runoff.
What effect does hydroelectricity have on the environment?
flooding upstream as reservoir fillsstopping salmon migration to spawning streamssilting of the dam reservoirloss of river beaches downstreamheating of downstream river wateretc.
Why are streams significant places?
They help prevent flooding and they help complete the life cycle for many invertebrates they provide natural drainage for the landscape and distributing nutrients to downstream
