Your spec says 

1. Rivers flood due to a number of physical and human causes

2. Flooding appears to be an increasingly frequent event in the UK over the last 20 years

3. The effects of and responses to floods vary between areas of contrasting wealth

Start by watching how water moves through a drainage basin

• What factors affect discharge?- complete this.
• WHY do rivers flood? -  complete this    WATCH THE NEWS FEB 2014 - THE THAMES   Take a look at these MAPS
• What is a hydrograph and how do they vary?   
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walk the plank? 

Our two case studies:  The River Severn Floods 2007 watch this  and  The River Indus, Pakistan 2010

River Severn June 2007 - some images here.

Complete the tasks on your handout:

• the Physical and Human causes
• the Immediate and Longer term effects
• the Response.

 extend your knowledge...

• Summarise the causes of the 2007 floods using this interactive resource.
• Flood defences complete June2012 watch
• and the floods this winter, 2014 - R Severn as high as it reached in 2007 - Worcester closed down!

Once you have completed your case studies you can take them one stage further and complete the following: 

TASKS: 

• CLASSIFY the effects of flooding - complete this task 
• How do the responses compare - read through this table and answer the questions at the end of it!
• Suggestions for how you might be examined - and an exemplar answer to mark = HERE. 

 NOTE there are other river events you could find out about too...

 The response to flooding in poorer regions of the world: Bangladesh -OXFAM  a news report from Reuters

 Lostwithiel, Cornwall - the river Fowey The Guardian reports 

Investigate why Thailand is 'drowning' and how they are responding.  and follow the other links on the Thailand Page

Are flooding events becoming more frequent?

The Wettest June since 1910 - in pictures!  The wettest January for 100 years - 2014

TASKS: Read page 88/89  in your text book.  Open this document  and complete the tasks