Floods

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher(s): Heinemann/Raintree
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Summary

Examines the causes of floods, their effects on the environment and people's lives, their benefits, and the ways in which they can be predicted, prevented, or contained.

Table of Contents

Introducing Floods 4(4)
The Movement of Water
8(4)
What Causes River Floods?
12(6)
What Causes Coastal Floods?
18(4)
The Human Factor
22(2)
Flood Disasters
24(8)
Benefits of Floods
32(4)
Predicting Floods
36(6)
Global Warming and El Nino
42(4)
Glossary 46(1)
Further Information 47(1)
Index 48

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