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Rivers - Hazards and opportunities - Coggle Diagram
Rivers - Hazards and opportunities
Opportunities
Life blood
Provide fresh water for
Animals
Plants
Shapes the land
Shape landscapes
Carves valleys
Recreation
Extreme
White water rafting
Riverboarding
Calm
Kayaking
Fishing
Transportation
Goods
People
Power
Hydroelectric
Food sorce
Contain animals
Nourish Farms
Grow crops
Feed comunities
Climate
Transport water
Influence temperature and climate
Hazards
Flooding
Occurs when more water accumulates than the land can handle/drain
Main causes
Urbanisation of surroundings
Rapid snowmelt
Heavy rainfall
Channel capacity is exceeded
Types of flooding
Overflow
After heavy rain
Urbanisation
Excess water coming from drainage systems
Accumilation
when there is too much water to be absorbed by the land
Impacts of flooding
What can be disrupted
Electricity
Gas
Buildings
Internet
Furniture
Indirect Impacts
Energy
Water
Communication
Transport
Mental health
Can last 2 or more years
Depresion
Anxiety
PTSD
Polution
Causes of pollution
Pesticides
Contaminate water traveling underground
Deforestation
Contaminates water with dirt
Dumping waste
Alters water (Removes the oxygen)
Spillage of oil
Affects of pollution
Leads to extinction of species
Plants
Animals
Humans get sick
