Ryan_BenT_Floods_Bangaladesh

=Floods in Bangladesh = =Ben Tree and Ryan Coghlan =

====Bangladesh suffers from floods almost every day, The Ganges Delta is the largest flood plain in the world and covers major parts of the country. ====

The main damages caused by floods in Bangladesh are the crops.
====A normal sized flood in Bangladesh is known as a Borsha, The people of Bangladesh have adjusted to the floods and now take it as a part of life even though there is damage done to their crops and property. ==== ====Abnormally large floods known as Bonna only occur every few years and are unpredictable, destroying housed and lives. ==== 

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====In the 19th century 6 major floods were recorded: 1842, 1858, 1871, 1875, 1885 and 1892. 18 major floods occurred in the 20th century among which those of 1987, 1988 and 1955 were of catastrophic consequence. Some causes of the floods are that 70% is only one metre above sea level, ====

= = ====there for is covered by water during heavy rainfall. There are three massive rivers in the country. Water that flows down form the himalayas, contributing to floods. Some ways humans contribute are poorly managed embankments and the deforestation of the himalayas lets more water flow towards lower areas. ====

====In response to the serious floods in the country the Bangladesh government tries to provide shelter to people that have lost there homes.The government has trouble helping everyone because it is not just poor people who are affected by the floods, the more wealthy people are also affected since the floods are hard to avoid. Bangladesh is not a very wealthy country, so the governments services are not as good as ours so people don't always get helped in time. ==== ====People lose there property, belongings and even lives to the floods so the government needs to help a lot. ====

Bangladesh has the biggest flood plain in the world passing through it, The Ganges Delta.
====The Ganges Delta covers more than 105,000 km2, It lies in Bangladesh and India and rivers from Bhutan, Tibet, India and Nepal drain into the Ganges delta, despite this, about two-thirds of the Ganges Delta lies in Bangladesh, making it the most flood vulnerable places in the world. ==== ====<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The Ganges Delta consists of two parts, the Eastern (more active and floods more) and the Western (less active and floods less). Some causes of the floods are that so much of Bangladesh is a flood plain, so is vulnerable to floods. Deforestation and runoff from the himilayers add to the defostating floods by adding more water. ====

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