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6 Cards in this Set
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List 4 major causes and state whether they’re human, environmental or physical |
Less Rain- environmental- Southern England only received 55-95% of usual rainfall between April 2010 - May 2012, due to a change of wind patterns bringing in dry air Warmer Temps- environmental Dry Soils- physical- any water that did fall struggled to be absorbed into the dry, hard soils High Water Usage- human |
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Name a social effect of the drought |
20 million people banned from using hosepipes - restrictions in homes |
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Name an economic effect of the drought |
Problems for farming making it difficult to farm crops so farmers profits decreased |
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Name an environmental effect of he drought |
Dry areas of Moorland caught fire easily leading to wildfires across parts of South Wales |
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List 3 responses to the drought |
1) Hosepipe Ban 2) Permits granted to allow water companies to extract water from rivers 3) Campaigns releases to get ordinary people to use less water in homes |
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What year was the drought? |
2012 |
