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What is the term for barriers that hold back water in an artificial lake?

Dam & Reservoir

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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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What are the disadvantages of channelisation?

May put other places at risk/does not look natural

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Rapid on-set floods

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

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A disadvantage of levees

Burst/overflow and water becomes trapped causing even more damage

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Other team loses 25 points!

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Give 25 points!

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

Channelisation

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What is a disadvantage of levees?

Expensive or unsightly and not often needed

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Other team loses 5 points!

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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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Other team wins 15 points!

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Other team loses 20 points!

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Lose 20 points!

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Other team wins 25 points!

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Other team loses 10 points!

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What is "floodplain"?

an area of flat land near a river that is often flooded when the river becomes too full

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