tone and parret

Question 1

where abouts in england

Answer 1

se england

sommer set levels

Question 2

when did it hapen

Answer 2

winter/jan 2013-14

Question 3

1st physical cause

Answer 3

prolonged rainfall

Question 4

describe 1st cause physical

Answer 4

jan 2014, 207 mm rainfall

200% higher than average

Question 5

explain physical cause 1st

Answer 5

prolonged rainfall leads to saturated grounds
increase surface runoff
less infiltration
more water in channel

Question 6

2nd physical cause

Answer 6

low lying ground

Question 7

describe 2nd physical

Answer 7

sommer set levels lie 3-5m above sea levels

Question 8

explain 2nd physical

Answer 8

normally river would drain bristol channel
due to high tide and storm surges
river backed up
flooded into floodplain

Question 9

1st human cause

Answer 9

lack of dredging

Question 10

describe 1st human cause

Answer 10

environmental agency decided to stop dredging the river

Question 11

explain 1st human cause

Answer 11

dredging takes material from bed and banks of river so therefore more water
but not dredging it cant hold as much so it overflows

Question 12

2nd human cause

Answer 12

change in farming

Question 13

describe 2nd human cause

Answer 13

grasses to maize

Question 14

explain 2nd human cause

Answer 14

more intensive means less able to maintain water
less infiltration
more surface run off