24 Sep

Question 1

Case study

Answer 1

The Shannon flood 2015-2016

Question 2

What happend

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Why did it occur

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Immediate impacts

Answer 4

Thousands of homes flooded
Livestock were lost
Farmland flooded

Question 5

Government responses

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Long term solutions

Answer 6

Shannon flood risk group
Better flood defences put in place

Question 7

Well drained

Answer 7

Attract settlement

Question 8

Badly drained

Answer 8

Little settlement

Question 9

Patterns of drainage

Answer 9

Dendritic
Trellis
Radial
Deranged

Question 10

Dendritic

Answer 10

Many tributary systems combine before joining the main river

Question 11

Trellis

Answer 11

Smaller tributaries feed into the river from steep slopes on mountains

Question 12

Radial

Answer 12

The streams radiate outwards from a central high point

Question 13

Deranged

Answer 13

no clear pattern to the rivers