Directory of Floods Resources

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Floods are a common natural disaster, and can be caused by excessive rain, a break in the wall of a dam or levee, or by a change in sea level such as a tsunami.

Resources in This Category

• Dealing with the Deluge

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/dealing-deluge.html
  Shows how efforts to control the flooding of the major rivers of the world is not always successful. Includes photographs and diagrams of what happens.

• Flood!

  http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/pdf/2307_flood.pdf
  A downloadable instruction sheet for making a classroom model of a floodplain, using levees to control the water.

• Flooding on the Red River of the North

  http://www.ndsu.edu/fargo_geology/fargoflood.htm
  This area of North Dakota and Minnesota in the United States has experienced a lot of floods. Photographs and diagrams explain why, and show the damage caused over the years.

• Guardian: Floods in Europe

  http://www.theguardian.com/gall/0,8542,775037,00.html
  Pictures and stories of the floods which damaged large areas of Central and Eastern Europe in 2002.

• Hot Science: The River's Gift

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood/gifts.html
  Questions and photographs show how flooding rivers can be a benefit to the surrounding land.

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