By KIRANMAI 1210A007

What causes floods? Types of floods Recent floods and droughts Destruction caused by them Virtual water Conclusion

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Prolonged or sudden rainfall. Heavy rainfall Huge snow melting Failures of dams, barrages etc.,

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Flash flood

Due to heavy rain or dam break

River flood
Slow rising of water due to excessive rainfall

Coastal flood

Due to tropical cyclone

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The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July following heavy monsoon. Floods on Krishna river in 2009 from end of September to the beginning of October.

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There are 6 categories to tell how severe floods are in a region.

Depth of water Duration Velocity Rate of rise Frequency Seasonality

Floods cause many deaths and drown many plants and crops, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

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Floods: Floods can occur anytime of the year. It is difficult to predict when floods will occur in many regions. It may be decades between floods in certain areas. Certain regions flood occur several times a year (5 or more). There are an average of 100 to 150 extreme floods annually, world-wide.

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Floods account for 40% of all deaths caused by natural disasters. In an average year, floods account for about 200 deaths and $2 billion of damage in the U.S. alone. In 1937 floods removed 300 million tons of topsoil in the Ohio Valley.

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VIRTUAL WATER is a term that links water, food, and trade. It is the amount of water that is embedded in food and products needed for its production.

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The water is said to be virtual because once the wheat is grown, the real water used to grow it is no longer actually contained in the wheat.

It helps us realize how much water is needed to produce different goods and services. Determines how best to use the scarce water available.
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The volume of the Earths fresh water is the same as it was 2,000 years ago 2,000 years ago, Earths population was 3% of the current population of 6 billion It is expected to approach 9 billion by the year 2050. We all need to reduce our water footprint

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