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Water on the land - Boscastle floods,

AQA_A Revision case study 1. www.atheuk.com/resources/extra-resources/115-geography-resources/594-floods-at-boscastle. Why was it not worse?. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3719754.stm. Introduction. Causes. 16 th August 2004. Water on the land - Boscastle floods,.

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Water on the land - Boscastle floods,

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  1. AQA_A Revision case study 1 www.atheuk.com/resources/extra-resources/115-geography-resources/594-floods-at-boscastle Why was it not worse? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3719754.stm Introduction Causes 16th August 2004 Water on the land - Boscastle floods, Write you own definition of flash flood.

  2. AQA_A Revision case study 1 www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/20040816.html Weather station inland of Boscastle www.wiseweather.co.uk/id54.html Regional radar picture Weather Radar pictures show that the shower cells started over the high ground in North Cornwall at around lunchtime on 16th; they grew and then sequence of showers (‘shower train’) sat over the area affected for at least two hours. With rainfall readings as high as 200mm that fell in the space of 3 hours which goes some way to explaining the events on the ground. See graphs to compare 16th with monthly average. Water on the land - Boscastle floods, Compare the rainfall in August 2004 with the average climate of the South West

  3. AQA_A Revision case study 1 http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2006/12/flooding-in-medc-2004-boscastle-flood.html www.geogonline.org.uk/water_landforms_and_people.htm Cause Water on the land - Boscastle floods, Response Impact www.cornwallriversproject.org.uk/education/ed_cd/background/cornish_rivers/b04k.htm

  4. AQA_A Revision case study 1 Using evidence from the map, explain why Boscastle is vulnerable to flooding? www.streetmap.co.uk/place/River_Valency_in_Cornwall_323611_02611.htm A D C B Water on the land - Boscastle floods,

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