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A - The Drainage Basin
What is a drainage basin 1,
What type of system is the draina...,
What is the main input in a drain...
30
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A - River Discharge
What does discharge refer to in a...,
How is discharge typically measur...,
What does bradshaw s model illust...
26
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A - River Landforms (1)
What is a river regime 1,
List three factors that influence...,
How does increased precipitation ...
14
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A - River Landforms (2)
What is meandering in the context...,
Under what conditions does meande...,
How are deltas formed 3
12
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A - Hydrographs
What is a storm or flood hydrogra...,
What does a storm hydrograph meas...,
How is discharge q defined 3
24
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A - Land-use Change and Flood Risk
What is the potential hydrologica...,
How does initial construction of ...,
What is the effect of complete re...
12
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A - Flood Prediction and Mitigation
List one improvement suggested by...,
What type of information should b...,
What is needed for better flood w...
17
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A - Protecting the Mississippi (Case Study)
What are three methods used to co...,
How much has been spent on contro...,
What are the annual maintenance c...
11
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A - Severn Flood Mitigation
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A - Flood Control
What is a flood embankment with s...,
What is a drawback of channel enl...,
What is a flood relief channel 3
13
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A - Water Scarcity
What are the two types of water s...,
When does physical water scarcity...,
How do some countries address phy...
23
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A - Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Activities
What is irrigation 1,
Where can water for irrigation co...,
What are two types of irrigation 3
20
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A - Human Pressures on Lakes and Aquifers
How does population growth impact...,
Which regions face the highest in...,
What percentage of the world s fr...
15
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A - Groundwater Pollution in Bangladesh (Case Study)
What has caused an increase in ca...,
How many people in bangladesh are...,
What led bangladesh to install tu...
11
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A - Internationally Shared Water Resources: GERD (Case Study)
What is causing increased demands...,
Why are many societies facing a w...,
What can happen when water suppli...
14
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Aswan Dam
Where is the aswan high dam locat...,
When was the aswan high dam const...,
What are the primary purposes of ...
15
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A - Integrated Drainage Basin Management (IDBM)
What is the goal of integrated dr...,
What framework does idbm use for ...,
Why is idbm challenging in some a...
15
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A - Wetlands
List one function of wetlands 1,
Name one product provided by wetl...,
What is a key attribute of wetlan...
13
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A - Kissimmee River (Case Study)
What changes were made to the kis...,
What was the purpose of channeliz...,
List one unintended impact of the...
12
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A - Community Participation
How can water resources be manage...,
Give an example of self imposed w...,
What role do education campaigns ...
16
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D - Plate Movement
What does the theory of plate tec...,
How do images of earth s cross se...,
What are the two main sources of ...
15
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D - Volcanoes
What are the main characteristics...,
Why are shield volcanoes not typi...,
How do composite strato volcanoes...
15
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D - Earthquakes
What is the focus of an earthquake 1,
What is the epicentre of an earth...,
How do shallow focus earthquakes ...
15
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D - Mass Movements
What is a mass movement in geomor...,
How are mass movements classified...,
What is the difference between a ...
14
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D - Spatial Distribution of Geophysical Hazard Events
What are three main tectonic haza...,
Where do most of the world s eart...,
How do subduction zones and colli...
14
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D - The Relevance of Hazard Magnitude and Frequency/Recurrence for Risk Management
What is the recurrence interval r...,
How do frequency and magnitude ty...,
Which events usually require the ...
14
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D - Geophysical Hazard Risk
What is vulnerability in the cont...,
Give an example of how economic f...,
How does building style or buildi...
14
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D - Geographic Factors Affecting the Impacts of Geophysical Events
What factors can affect the impac...,
Why might a shallow focus earthqu...,
How does population density influ...
15
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D - Nepal Earthquake (Case Study)
Describe the nepal earthquake 1,
Describe nepal 2,
What were the key impact details ...
9
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D - Christchurch Earthquakes (Case Study)
What is the significance of chris...,
When did the 2010 christchurch ea...,
How long did aftershocks continue...
9
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D - Soufrière Hills Eruption (Case Study)
What is the significance of the s...,
What tectonic process is responsi...,
What were the immediate effects o...
6
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D - Mount Sinabung Eruption (Case Study)
Where is mount sinabung located a...,
What is the eruption history of m...,
How has the recent activity of mo...
6
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D - Kalimpong Landslides (Case Study)
At what elevation is kalimpong lo...,
What is the average annual rainfa...,
What is the approximate per capit...
8
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D - Sri Lanka Landslides (Case Study)
What dates did the torrential rai...,
Which region was worst affected b...,
What was the confirmed death toll...
8
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D - Global Geophysical Hazard and Disaster Trends
How did the frequency of geophysi...,
Which factors have varied conside...,
Which type of geophysical disaste...
12
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D - Geophysical Hazard Adaptation
What are predictions forecasts an...,
Why are earthquakes particularly ...,
What are the main ways of prepari...
14
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D - Pre-Event Management
List three methods to reduce land...,
How can erosion control help mana...,
Why are single storey buildings g...
12
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D - Post-Event Management Strategies
What are the three main phases fo...,
Why is the rescue phase so time s...,
Define rehabilitation in the cont...
10
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Mumbai (Case Study)
What is the population of mumbai 1,
What was mumbai s economy largely...,
Name some industries that have di...
22
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