Flooding in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a low lying country and almost all of Bangladesh lies on
the largest delta in the world. It is situated between the Himalayas
and the Indian Ocean with a vast river basin made up of the Ganges,
the Brahamaputra, the Meghna and their tributaries. It also has the
highest population density in the world with 847 inhabitants per
square kilometer.
Bangladesh is one of the world's least developed countries and prone
to natural disasters, such as cyclones, floods and droughts. Half of
it is less than five meters above sea level. Therefore any change in
the earth’s temperature that causes the level of the oceans to rise
would seriously affect the flooding of the delta area of Bangladesh.
A fifth to a third of the country is annually flooded by the river
Ganges and there are many factors both human and physical which
encourage the river Ganges and Brahmaputra to overflow its river
banks. The obvious physical cause of flooding in Bangladesh is that
about 90% of the land is below sea level, therefore any changes in the
sea level would cause serious problems for Bangladesh.
Another physical cause includes the snow melting in the Himalayas,
caused by global warming. The Himalayas are one of the few places in
the world that retain permanent glaciers. In the warmer summer season
however glacial ice goes through a period of melting. The source of
the Brahmaputra starts in the Himalayas and an increase in
melted-water flowing through its drainage basin will increase channel
flow, saturate soils and cause massive overland flow – a major cause
of flooding.
Another major cause is the cyclonic storms t...
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else. People in Bangladesh aren’t educated enough to build any
appropriate flood protection and to maintain them.
The problem concerning Bangladesh is that most of the land is only a
few feed above water and very unstable. No amount of river control can
change this. To alleviate the impact of flooding Bangladesh’s only
choice has to be severe population controls to reduce the density of
people on this land and also to encourage a movement away from the
lowest lying areas.
It is also believed that Bangladesh will each year run a three-times
higher risk of suffering an exceptionally wet monsoon compared with
the probability today, thus it is also expected that parts of
Bangladesh face the risk of more frequent, major floods in the latter
half of this century because of global warming.
Case study: the flooding that occurred in Minden Hills in the spring of 2013, flooded the downtown core. The picturesque cottage town has the Gull River flowing through it. The river overflowed in April because of many reasons: a couple of days of rain, the third largest amount in over a century, but it also happened because the frost in the ground stopped the water from going into the Earth, the lakes and rivers being full from the spring thaw, and the rapid
The Johnstown Flood Stained the history of the United States. Over 2000 victims died and even more injured. The flood has been blamed on many people since it happened. One group individually brought about the flood. The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club made selfish changes threatening the effectiveness toward holding back a water overflow. The renovation made to the dam brought about the destruction killing many people and causing millions of dollars in damages.
In both the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh the God or Gods create a flood to destroy mankind. In Gilgamesh,the Gods decide something needs to be done because the humans are being loud and disturbing the Gods. In the Bible's version of the flood story, God regrets creating mankind because the humans have become evil God chooses Noah and his family to start a new beginning.
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...a, particularly among vulnerable populations in Bangladesh and Maldives. “The 1995 flooding of Bhola Island, Bangladesh provides a striking example of a social and environmental catastrophe in what was arguably a climate refugee crisis as many of those who fled from the island returned to nothing” (Riva, 20). Riva claims that populations that are vulnerable to environmental hazards face the real threat of displacement under climate change.
The Sumero-Babylonian version of the epic of Gilgamesh, after two and a half millennia of dormancy, was resurrected by British archaeologists in the nineteenth century. Amid the rubble of an Assyrian palace, the twelve clay tablets inscribed the adventures of the first hero of world literature – King Gilgamesh, whose oral folk tales go back to at least 3000 years before Christ (Harris 1). Tablet XI contains the story of the Flood. In this essay let us compare this flood account to the more recent Noah’s Flood account in Genesis of the Old Testament.
“And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy the earth. Make yourself an ark…” (Genesis 6:13-14, English Standard Version) “For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.” (Genesis 6:17, ESV) “And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.” (Genesis 6:19, ESV) “Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.” (Genesis 6:22, ESV) “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” (Genesis 7:11-12, ESV) Everyone has heard the story of Noah’s ark and the great Flood. But is that all it is? Just a story? If a catastrophe of this scale really happened, it would have left plenty of evidence behind. And it did. The fossil record shows evidence of a small period of time in which all the major groups of life (phyla) appear without ancestors. (Wieland, n.d.) This alleged explosion of evolution is called the Cambrian explosion. However, Christians believe the Cambrian explosion is actually the Flood, in which all life on earth is rapidly buried by sediments picked up from the flood waters. Another piece of evidence for the Flood is the perfectly preserved mammoths. The mammoths show signs of being instantly buried and frozen, many while standing up. (Brown, 1995-2013) Evidence for this is fou...
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