Water

By: Shadrach Mwebaze

How water cycle works

SINCE THAT IS STEP 1: EVAPORATION. STEP 2: STEP 3: SUBLIMATION. STEP 4: STEP 5:

WHERE ABOUT 96% THE WATER CYCLE CONDENSATION. AS ... PRECIPITATION. ... TRANSPIRATION. ...
OF TOTAL WATER BEGINS WITH WATER VAPORIZES
EXISTS ON EARTH. EVAPORATION. ... INTO WATER VAPOR,
IT RISES UP IN THE
ATMOSPHERE. ...

STEP 6: RUNOFF. ... STEP 7: INFILTRATION.

Define River floods
• A fluvial, or river flood, occurs when the water level in a river, lake or stream rises and
overflows onto the surrounding banks, shores and neighboring land. The water level rise
could be due to excessive rain or snowmelt.
Describe the causes of floods
• Severe flooding is caused by atmospheric conditions that lead to heavy rain or the rapid
melting of snow and ice. Geography can also make an area more likely to flood. For example,
areas near rivers and cities are often at risk for flash floods.
How can floods be avoided?
• These methods include planting vegetation to retain excess water, terrace slopes to reduce slope
flow, and building alluviums (man-made channels to divert water from flooding), construction of
dykes, dams, reservoirs or holding tanks to store extra water during flood periods.
A case study of Floods in Bangladesh
•  Asia and it is frequently affected by flooding. For example, in 2007 flooding made 9 million
people homeless and approximately 1,000 people died from drowning and from waterborne
diseases.
• What has Bangladesh done to cope with flooding?
• Bangladesh is a very poor country and so has less money to spend on flood defences than richer
countries. Most people in Bangladesh do not earn enough to pay for insurance against flooding,
so when there are floods they risk losing everything.