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The diagrams below show how houses can be protected in areas which are prone to flooding. Summarise it.

The diagrams below show how houses can be protected in areas which are prone to flooding. Summarise it.
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The diagrams compare two different methods of defence for homes which are at risk of being flooded. The key difference between the diagrams is that they show
flood
portection
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protection
 with and without a
stopbank
. In either case, the at-risk home is raised on columns above ground
level
. The first diagram shows how a
stopbank
 acts as a
flood
 barrier to stop
river
 water from flooding homes. The
stopbank
 is a small mound
next
 to the
river
, and it is higher than the 100-year
flood
level
. It prevents the
river
 from overflowing towards the area where nearby buildings are. Nearby houses can be built on columns to prevent flooding from rainwater, and a floodgate beneath the
stopbank
 can be opened to allow
this
 water to discharge into the
river
. When there is no
stopbank
, as shown in the
second
 diagram, there will be nothing to stop the
river
fromm
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from
 flooding. In
this
 case, the solution is to put the buildings on
columsn
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column
columns
. The
hieght
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height
 of
columns
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the columns
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 is above the 100-year
flood
level
, so the floor of
house
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the house
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300
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is 300
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 mm above the 100-year
flood
level
.
This
 measurement is called
as
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a
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 freeboard.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words flood, stopbank, level, river with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: Only 4 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "diagrams" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "show" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • prone to flooding, elevate, structure, waterproof materials, stilts, platforms, modify, water flow, barriers, levees, floodwalls, sandbags, landscaping adjustments, rain garden, water-resistant materials, renovation, stainless steel, concrete fixtures, elevated electrical systems, short circuits, emergency kit, water pump, flood alarm system, detachable electrical system
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