GEOL 2207 Lecture Notes - Hydrosphere, Hindu Kush, Natural Hazard
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History of an area gives clues to potential hazards. Maps, historical accounts, climate, and weather data. Can see which areas are prone to which natural disaster. A geophysical process/event can be beneficial: a natural resource . At extreme levels, natural hazard natural disaster. Rainfall vs. flood; snowfall vs. blizzard; winds vs. hurricane. People live in areas because they get perceived benefits. Rockslides and rock avalanches provide level terrain and impound water; allowing for establishment of settlement in the hindu kush. Natural hazard processes occurring within the earth or earth"s hydrosphere and atmosphere that cause geophysical events that can cause damage. Natural disaster when the power of the event that can cause loss exceeds the ability of society to ward off loss. Great losses occur to a society in the form of loss of life, occurrence of injures, structural damage and societal damage. The difference between a disaster and catastrophe is largely arbitrary.
