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GEO 7 - Water in the world: Flood

Water as a resource - all life on earth depends on this resource to survive

Year 7 Assessment 2019

Assessment Task

Floods

Natural disaster - Flood

10 of the deadliest floods in Australia's history

Natural disasters in Australia

Australia's Disaster Hub

SES - Preparing for a flood

ABC News Breakfast 5 Feb 2019 (Townsville)

Brisbane flood 1974 - Memories

Brisbane Flood 2011 - Case Study

Websites

ABC 24 - new and great information
Flood hits Lockyer Valley again
Queensland Floods Photoslider
Australian Emergency Management Institute

Brisbane floods - Archive photos

2019 Townsville

Flood management

Brisbane Flood Timelapse

Library Books - Floods

Floods by Michael Allaby
ISBN: 9781438108650
Publication Date: 2003
Floods by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.34 CON
ISBN: 0749657081
Publication Date: 2004
Floods by Timothy Kusky
ISBN: 9781438118444
Publication Date: 2009
Investigating Floods by Elizabeth Elkins
Call Number: 551.48 ELK
ISBN: 9781515740407
Publication Date: 2017

Books in the Library

Multiple access book - Floods by Timothy Kusky
1: The Water Planet
2: Streams and River Systems
3: Effects of River Modifications...
4: Examples of Flood Disasters
5: The Groundwater System...
6: Geological Subsidence, Compaction...
7: Summary

Media articles

2011 Brisbane Flood

2012 - NSW and Victoria - 75% of the state under flood warning

Hazards hotspot list

2015 - Gympie Queensland

2017 Lismore NSW

2016 Forbes NSW

2017 - NSW, Queensland - Cyclone leads to a flood

2019 - Townsville Flood Queensland

2018 - Sydney - Flash Flood

2018 - Tasmania