North Sea flood of 1953

The North Sea Flood occurred within Saturday, 31st January 1953, and seemed to remain persistent prior to subsiding within the morning of Sunday, 1st February. Regardless of initial concerns regarding a plausible flood arising, citizens within the coastal regions of England and the Netherlands remained ignorant toward constant cautionary aids. The North Sea Flood has been considered as a calamitous phenomenon that has forced detriments upon the citizens that resided nearing the Northern Sea ; coastal

tragic events in the history of Connecticut, it also brought the necessary public awareness to the danger of floods and what can cause them. The devastation caused by Connie and Diane awakened forecasters, politicians, and regional planners. "A week after the now-named Hurricane Floods of 1955, the Weather Bureau acknowledged the need to upgrade their flashflood warning system. Levees and other flood protection measures

About twenty percent of the area of the Netherlands and twenty-one percent of its population is located below sea level, and fifty percent of its land lies less than one meter above sea level (Molenaar) This makes the Netherlands out of all the countries in the world the land with the most land below sea-level. The Netherlands currently has more than seventeen thousand kilometers of flood defenses (Molenaar) Dikes were the foundation of the Netherlands because they made the Netherlands grow, well-known

comes in and then falls until the next tide arrives. But when it’s closed the graph becomes linear. This is because the water level on the west side (toward the city) is steadily rising. If the water level rises too much then it could overflow and flood London. To solve this problem they reopen the gates only when the low tide comes in to level out both of the sides of the barrier. Physics Principles: Hydraulic cylinders are required to close the gates to stop London from flooding. The force

The Hermit Kingdom North Korea, officially, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, but with the practice of isolationism by their totalitarian communist government, it has also become known as the mysterious “Hermit Kingdom.” This small country remains inaccessible to but, a few due to economic sanctions and ongoing hostilities spanning decades with its southern neighboring country, the United States supported, South Korea. In addition to a complicated past and the regimes, emphasis on self-reliance

Holderness Coastline is located on the East coast of Yorkshire, stretching from Flamborough Head to Spurn Point. In the last 2000 years the coastline has retreated by almost 400m and since Roman times over 28 villages have disappeared into the sea between Bridlington and Spurn Head. About a million years ago the Yorkshire coastline was a line of chalk cliffs almost 32km west of where it now is. During the Ice Age deposits of soft boulder clay were built up against these cliffs

Netherlands Culture The Netherlands is home to more than 16 million people and is home to what is perhaps one of the most diverse and complex cultures on the continent of Europe. The Netherlands is bounded by the North Sea to the north and west, Germany to the east, and Belgium to the south (Michael J. Wintle, n.d.). One of the more densely populated countries in the world, the Netherlands has a wide array of ethnic and ideological heritage. Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular

a project connecting two or more rivers using a network artificially with help of canal technique in turn creating a provision of water source for the areas which did not or had scarcity of water. This reduces the flow of fresh river water into the sea. According to (Patkar, 2004) he says, “It is regarded to be the mother of all projects, interlinking of waterways is estimated as the one and the only remedy to all standard water issues – droughts and flooding. With this there are also expected socio-economic

Abraham Ortelius in 1596. He proposed the idea to highlight the geometrical coincidences between America and Europe-Africa. In his work Thesaurus Geographicus he suggested that the Americas were “torn away from Europe and Africa…by earthquakes and floods”, and that “the vestiges of rupture reveal themselves, if someone brings forward a map of the world and considers carefully the coasts of the three.” Antonio Snider-Pellegrini was a French geographer and scientist who theorized the possibility of

scarcity of water. This also reduces the flow of fresh river water into the sea which can be used effectively. What are the advantages and disadvantages of river linking? ADVANTAGES: • Irrigation With success of river linking we can achieve irrigated lands in vast amount. This plays major role for the farmers who depend on rains for their living through farming. • Flood prevention There is situation where there is floods in one area and draught like experience in the other, this can be tackled and