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Case study

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The Shannon flood 2015-2016

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What happend

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Storm Desmond largest smound of rainfall during winter 2015 2016.
River Shannon worst affected
Limerick, athlone, Carrick on Shannon badly affected

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Why did it occur

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Not prepared (lack of plannig(
High levels of rainfall
Buildings on flood plains

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Immediate impacts

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Thousands of homes flooded
Livestock were lost
Farmland flooded

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Government responses

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Army helped to set up sandbags and 24 hour pumping
85 million giving to repair roads and infrastructure

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Long term solutions

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Shannon flood risk group
Better flood defences put in place

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Well drained

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Attract settlement

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Badly drained

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Little settlement

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Patterns of drainage

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Dendritic
Trellis
Radial
Deranged

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Dendritic

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Many tributary systems combine before joining the main river

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Trellis

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Smaller tributaries feed into the river from steep slopes on mountains

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Radial

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The streams radiate outwards from a central high point

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Deranged

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no clear pattern to the rivers

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