Floods happen when too much rain, brought by storms and strong winds, falls and cannot be absorbed by the soil. Rivers burst their banks and the water spills onto the land. Strong winds blowing across the sea make huge waves that surge onto the land and flood coastal areas.
Floods happen when too much rain, brought by storms and strong winds, falls and cannot be absorbed by the soil. Rivers burst their banks and the water spills onto the land. Strong winds blowing across the sea make huge waves that surge onto the land and flood coastal areas.
Floods happen when too much rain, brought by storms and strong winds, falls and cannot be absorbed by the soil. Rivers burst their banks and the water spills onto the land. Strong winds blowing across the sea make huge waves that surge onto the land and flood coastal areas.
A flood is a a great flowing or overflowing of water onto land that
is not usually submerged. A flood happens when too much rain,
brought by storms and strong winds, falls and cannot be absorbed by the soil. Rivers burst their banks and the water spills onto the land. Strong winds blowing across the sea make huge waves that surge onto the land and flood coastal areas. Types of Floods River Floods Rivers floods happen when rivers and streams cannot carry away all the extra water that falls as rain or comes from melting snow. The water rises in the rivers and streams and overflows onto normally dry land. Coastal flooding can be caused by strong winds blowing waves onto the land. Hurricanes and major storms produce most coastal floods. Very high tides and tsunamis also flood the coasts. In many countries, large groups of people live along the coasts and for these people coastal flooding can be very serious. Flash Floods A flash flood is a quick flood caused by a sudden cloudburst or thunder storm. Huge amounts of water fall in a short time and in cities and towns the drains overflow and roads become flooded. Flash floods also happen in mountainous areas, where steep slopes cause the water to travel at high speeds. Humans may also cause floods Floods sometimes occur when artificial structures such as dams fail. If the dam is poorly designed or built in a place where earthquakes and landslides occur, the dam will break and the water floods the land. One dam failure in the United States of America occurred in 1972 when a dam used to store waste from a coal mine as well as water, collapsed after three days of rain. The flood drowned 118 people and caused $65 million in damages. Banjir adalah aa besar mengalir atau luapan air ke lahan yang biasanya tidak terendam. Banjir terjadi ketika terlalu banyak hujan, yang dibawa oleh badai dan angin kencang, jatuh dan tidak dapat diserap oleh tanah. Sungai meluap dan tumpahan air ke darat. Angin kencang bertiup di laut membuat gelombang besar yang lonjakan ke tanah dan banjir daerah pesisir. Jenis Banjir sungai Banjir Rivers banjir terjadi ketika sungai dan sungai tidak bisa membawa pergi semua tambahan air yang jatuh sebagai hujan atau berasal dari salju yang mencair. Air naik di sungai dan sungai dan meluap ke daratan biasanya kering. Banjir pesisir dapat disebabkan oleh angin kencang bertiup gelombang ke darat. Angin topan dan badai besar menghasilkan banjir yang paling pesisir. Pasang yang sangat tinggi dan tsunami juga membanjiri pantai. Di banyak negara, kelompok besar orang tinggal di sepanjang pantai dan untuk orang-orang banjir pesisir bisa sangat serius. Flash Banjir Sebuah banjir bandang adalah banjir cepat yang disebabkan oleh hujan deras tiba-tiba atau badai guntur. Sejumlah besar air jatuh dalam waktu singkat dan di kota-kota saluran air meluap dan jalan menjadi banjir. Banjir bandang juga terjadi di daerah pegunungan, di mana lereng yang curam menyebabkan air untuk melakukan perjalanan pada kecepatan tinggi. Manusia juga dapat menyebabkan banjir Banjir kadang terjadi saat struktur buatan seperti bendungan gagal. Jika bendungan buruk dirancang atau dibangun di tempat di mana gempa bumi dan tanah longsor terjadi, bendungan akan pecah dan banjir air tanah. Satu kegagalan bendungan di Amerika Serikat terjadi pada tahun 1972 ketika sebuah bendungan yang digunakan untuk menyimpan limbah dari tambang batu bara serta air, roboh setelah tiga hari hujan. Banjir menenggelamkan 118 orang dan menyebabkan $ 65.000.000 dalam kerusakan. Sebuah banjir adalah peristiwa yang terjadi ketika aliran air yang berlebihan merendam daratan. [1] Pengarahan banjir Uni Eropa mengartikan banjir sebagai perendaman sementara oleh air pada daratan yang biasanya tidak terendam air. [2] Dalam arti "air mengalir", kata ini juga dapat berarti masuknya pasang laut. Banjir diakibatkan oleh volume air di suatu badan air seperti sungai atau danau yang meluap atau menjebol bendungan sehingga air keluar dari batasan alaminya. [3]
Ukuran danau atau badan air terus berubah-ubah sesuai perubahan curah hujan dan pencairan salju musiman, namun banjir yang terjadi tidak besar kecuali jika air mencapai daerah yang dimanfaatkan manusia seperti desa, kota, dan permukiman lain. Banjir juga dapat terjadi di sungai, ketika alirannya melebihi kapasitas saluran air, terutama di kelokan sungai. Banjir sering mengakibatkan kerusakan rumah dan pertokoan yang dibangun di dataran banjir sungai alami. Meski kerusakan akibat banjir dapat dihindari dengan pindah menjauh dari sungai dan badan air yang lain, orang-orang menetap dan bekerja dekat air untuk mencari nafkah dan memanfaatkan biaya murah serta perjalanan dan perdagangan yang lancar dekat perairan. Manusia terus menetap di wilayah rawan banjir adalah bukti bahwa nilai menetap dekat air lebih besar daripada biaya kerusakan akibat banjir periodik. Mitos banjir besar adalah kisah mitologi banjir besar yang dikirimkan oleh Tuhan untuk menghancurkan suatu peradaban sebagai pembalasan agung dan sering muncul dalam mitologi berbagai kebudayaan di dunia.
A flood is an event that occurs when the flow of excess water to soak the land. [1] Briefing of the European Union defines a flood as a flood of temporary submersion by water on land is normally not submerged in water. [2] In the sense of "flowing water", the word can also be mean tidal influx. Flooding caused by the volume of water in a body of water such as a river or lake overflow or break down the dam so that water out of its natural boundaries. [3] Size of the lake or body of water constantly changes according to changes in precipitation and melting seasonal snow, but no major flooding unless the water reaches the human uses such as villages, towns, and other settlements. Floods can also occur in rivers, when flow exceeds the capacity of the drains, especially at the bend in the river. Floods often cause damage to homes and shops were built on natural river floodplains. Although flood damage can be avoided by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, the people living and working close to the water to make a living and take advantage of low costs as well as travel and trade near the waters smooth. Humans continue to settle in flood-prone areas is evidence that the value of settled near the water is greater than the cost of the damage caused by periodic flooding. Great flood myth is a story of mythological great flood sent by God to destroy a civilization in retaliation for the great and often appears in the mythology of various cultures in the world.