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Grade 9 - GSCEs 2019 Case Study - Somerset Flooding - Facts & Figures - Causes - Impacts Responses

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Somerset Flooding

- County is South West England
- Area drained by several rivers



Causes

- Succession of depressions (low pressure) driven across Atlantic Oceans
- 350 mm of rain fell in January & February (100 mm above average)
- High tides & storm surges pushed water up rivers
- Preventing water reaching sea
- Rivers not dredged for 20 years
- Clogged with sediment




Impacts

Economic:
- Damage = over £10 million
- 14,000 ha of agriculture land underwater for a month
- Railway line closed

Social Effects:
- 600 houses flooded
- Temporary accomodation for months
- Power supplies cut off
- Villages cut off
- Affects schools & shopping


Environmental Effects:
- Flood water heavily contaminated (sewage, oil, pollutants)
- Lots of debris to be cleared




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Simon Ross, Nick Rowles GCSE Geography AQA Student Book
Publisher: februari 2016 ISBN: 9780198366614 Edition: 1

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