REVISION AS CAMBRIDGE GEOGRAPHY: RIVERS - RIVER FLOODING.

1. AS GEOGRAPHY
HYDROLOGY
4 QUESTIONS
REVISION
RIVER
FLOODING

2. QUESTION 1
Which physical factors might cause flooding?

3. ANSWER
High intensity rainfall, rapid snow melt, prolonged rainfall on saturated
ground.

4. QUESTION 2
Which human factors might increase the frequency and severity of
flooding?

5. ANSWER
Deforestation, urbanisation, land drainage, up/downslope ploughing.

6. QUESTION 3
In most of the cases, what actually causes flooding?

7. ANSWER
A combination of physical causes and human influences.

8. QUESTION 4
Why is flooding a hazard?

9. ANSWER
Flooding is a hazard because people have settled on floodplains.