What effect did the Australia floods have on Australia?

Answer 1

Floods in Australia can have widespread environmental impact which may cause problems or have benefits.

Positive environmental impacts include:

• They can spread silt and sediment that contains rich minerals and nutrients which have been washed down. This improves the fertility of the land.

Negative environmental impacts include:

• Loss of habitat for both plant and animal life, which causes a reducation of biodiversity in the area, and may cause some species to become endangered.
• Severe erosion and destabilisation of the soil and hillsides.
• As rivers flood, they carry huge amounts of rubbish, debris and other forms of pollution down to the river mouth, where they empty out into the sea. This can be devastating for the marine life there.

Answer 2

we are a huge land mass based in the middle of nowhere next to the largest body of water in the entire world and in qld we have the longest mountain range in the world as well which is close to the coast... Combined with expected seasonal rain, high tides and cities and towns basing themselves around the water run offs and river mouths should we not expect this to never happen every now and then? Planes crash... Boats sink... Cars collide... Trains derail... The 6 main effects... Affected farms... Food prices... Roads... Government schemes & projects cancelled... International tourism... And insurance companies reinforcing why we shouldn't apply for your cover... Let us down and now see ure policies decline and a major investment structure drop as well... I hate to s a this but we need insurance companies for economic purposes...

Answer 3

It cost alot of money, and people died. But it made us smarter and stronger.