Geography Case Studies - Boscastle Flood (2004)

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  1. 3. Boscastle Flood - (CAUSES) A large car park located upstream impacted this as the tarmac is an __ surface, meaning that rainfall could not infiltrate the soil. Cars were swept through the village, also blocking the river Valency’s flow.
  2. 6. Boscastle Flood - (IMPACTS) The cost of __ __ greatly increased
  3. 7. Boscastle Flood - (MANAGEMENT) __ of dead trees upstream and afforestation further downstream
  4. 11. Boscastle Flood - (STUDY TYPE) Boscastle is a case study example of ½ E__ __
  5. 13. Boscastle Flood - (CAUSES) __ __ valleys increased the speed of surface run off
  6. 14. Boscastle Flood - (IMPACTS) This flood caused a great impact on victims welfare, inflicting __ upon many.
  7. 15. Boscastle Flood - (MANAGEMENT) created __ __ so that in the event of a flood, Valency wouldn’t overfill, it would remove this water from the river.
  8. 17. Boscastle Flood - (MANAGEMENT) Car park was rebuilt with __, a permeable surface
  9. 18. Boscastle Flood - (MANAGEMENT) Widening and deepening the river made this 1/50 year event into a 1/__ year event
  10. 19. Boscastle Flood - (MANAGEMENT) Car Park was rebuilt larger and further __
  11. 20. Boscastle Flood - (IMPACTS) As cars were floating in the river, the oils spilled out __ the water.
Down
  1. 1. Boscastle Flood - (MANAGEMENT) The river Valency was made __ metres wider and 0.75 metres deeper.
  2. 2. Boscastle Flood - (CAUSES) Surface run off was so quick as there were 3 __ leading into the river Valency
  3. 4. Boscastle Flood - (CAUSES) Trees were uprooted from the river’s speed and volume, adding to the build up breaking and blocking the __, stopping the river flowing through.
  4. 5. Boscastle Flood - (IMPACTS) Many homes and __ were destroyed, linking back to PTSD where money, memories, and stability were lost.
  5. 8. Boscastle Flood - (CAUSES) There was high rainfall at __mm in 24hours
  6. 9. Boscastle Flood - (IMPACTS) This flood caused no deaths as victims climbed on roofs and were rescued by __ __: largest airlift operation since WW2
  7. 10. Boscastle Flood - (IMPACTS) The overall cost to repair the damage was __million, greatly inflicting on the towns income and development.
  8. 12. Boscastle Flood - (STUDY TYPE) Boscastle is a case study example of ½ R__ __
  9. 16. Boscastle Flood - (MANAGEMENT) some trees were planted on __ land, deeming them unhappy with this flood response.