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What is a disadvantage of levees?

Expensive or unsightly and not often needed

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Rapid on-set floods

They can be destructive, but not as much as flash floods

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monster

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magnet

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fairy

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What is spillway?

A path for flood water

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What is a levee

High banks built on/near river banks

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A disadvantage of levees

Burst/overflow and water becomes trapped causing even more damage

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Flash floods

a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain

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shark

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thief

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The term used for Governments allocating areas of land to different uses, according to their level of flood risk.

Flood Plain Zoning

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What is the term for deepening and/or straightening the the river?

Channelisation

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What is the term for extra channels built next to rivers or leading from them and an advantage?

Term: Flood Relief Channels / Adv: Prevents overflow by accommodating high flow

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fairy

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What is an advantage of washlands?

Safe place for floodwater preventing it from affecting valuable areas or improves the river's sedimentation process

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What is the name for an area of the flood plain that are allowed to flood and one disadvantage?

Term: Washland / Disad: Limits landuse e.g. farming

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Give 2 advantages of dams and reservoirs.

1. HEP (Hydroelectric Power) 2. Water Supply 3. Water Sports

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