Yr12: Rivers

Flooding in LEDC tends to kill lots of people. In MEDC's the problem is usually economic as shown in this video

Yr13: Managing Cities

Dealing with rubbish and the issues caused.

Yr13: Minor volcanic features

Solfatara - note the yellow sulphur on the rocks surrounding it. The name solfatara is given to fumaroles that emit sulphurous gases.

Mud Volcano or mudpot form in high-temperature geothermal areas where water is in short supply. The little water that is available rises to the surface at a spot where the soil is rich in volcanic ash, clay and other fine particulates.




Fumarole is an opening in Earth's (or any other astronomical body's) crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen sulphide
Geyser is a hot spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accomplished by a vapour phase. The name geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb gjósa, "to gush".

Yr12: Geography of health

This link highlights the issues associated with the risk of dying in child birth in different parts of the world. In Sierra Leone it is 1:8, in the USA it is 4800, in the UK the risk is 1:8200 and Sweden it is 1:17400. Why?

Yr12: Managing Floods

Sorry for the delay Ofsted stole all my time and a trojan rearranged all my Windows registry files so my PC ended up as a nice ornament.

Check out this site for information on how the UK manages floods.

Yr12: Bruce Parry

Bruce Parry is going from the source to the mouth of the Amazon. Catch him on BBC2 tonight, Iplayer and the BBC website. How does the river change from the start to finish. Can the river be described as a typical river? What features do you find in the upper and lower course?

General

The BBC have sponsored a container that will be shipped around the world carrying cargo to highlight global trade issues. Follow it at this link and see where it goes.

Yr 12: Indian flood

Which factors that affect the hydrograph can you identify in the Indian flood of 2008 Click to see some video on the topic.

Yr13: factors affecting the severity of a hazard

Is it sensible to locate all of these major buildings in an area known for its hurricanes. Could the damage a hazard does be reduced with better planning laws.

Yr13: Videos on Mt Merapi

Look here to find the BBC coveage of the last eruption.

Yr13: The human cost of an earthquake

Check here. There is more detail about the Chinese earthquake in the new Geography Magazine.

Yr12: More Floods

Keep watching the skies here

Yr 13: Case Study of a slide in Cairo

Types of mass movement are Slide, Rotational Slump, Fall and Flow. This is a case study of a slide in Cairo.

Yr12: UK floods continue.

See this link

Yr12: Rivers

Plenty of information about the current floods that are sweeping across the UK. Check out the following links then see if you can find your own.

BBC
Yahoo
ITV


If you are going to make notes identify

What factors caused the flood?
What damage was caused?

Yr12 and 13: Factors affetcting the severity of hazards

Check out this link about why hazards might be getting worse and causing more damage.

Its back

Geography blog is back from vacation experiencing the LA earthquake, energised, re-invigorated and ready to deliver knowledge. Topics under study in Yr 12 are Rivers and Population and in Yr13 Coasts and Geomorphological hazards.