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Where is Bangladesh located?
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Bangladesh is located East of India and West of Burma. It is also South of the Himalayan Mountains.
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What are the Physical causes of flooding in Bangladesh? |
70% of Bangladesh lies below sea level, The river Ganges and the Brahmaputra meet at the Delta, Bangladesh experiences monsoon climates, Bangladesh receives snow melt from the Himalayas, Bangladesh receives long periods of intense rainfall.
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What are the Human causes of flooding in Bangladesh?
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A lot of deforestation occurs in Bangladesh, The river Ganges often gets clogged up with silt, Bangladesh is experiencing urbanisation, Poorly maintained embankment causes less river capacity, A dam that was built in India increased sedimentation in Bangladesh.
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State some Economic Impacts from the 2004 floods in Bangladesh:
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9,000 bridges were destroyed, Airports closed, Major roads flooded, Major damage to schools and hospitals costing $7 billion, Cash crops destroyed, Loss of agricultural land.
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State some Environmental Impacts from the 2004 floods in Bangladesh:
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Erosion of chars causes the poor to be homeless so they have to move to cities such as Dhaka, At floods peak 50% of the country was covered, 40% of capital Dhaka was underwater.
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State some Human Impacts from the 2004 floods in Bangladesh:
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30 million people homeless, Death toll of 750, 100,000 suffered Diarrhoea in Dhaka, contaminated waters caused Cholera.
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State some Economic Impacts from the 2007 floods in Bangladesh:
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2.2 million acres of farmland was destroyed or damaged, $290 million worth of crops were destroyed causing a decline in the economic growth and an incline in poverty.
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State some Environmental Impacts from the 2007 floods in Bangladesh:
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46 of the 64 countries districts were flooded damaging infrastructure and livestock as well as crops.
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State some Human Impacts from the 2007 floods in Bangladesh:
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The flooding caused a death toll of approx 1,100 people, 10.5 million people made homeless by the floods, Dhaka's connection to the country (motorway) had been flooding isolating the capital, Crops had been damaged twice that year so farmers were really out of pocket.
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