For our final post on flood control let’s take a brief look at York. The main river here is the…
We have seen how risk of flooding can be reduced by increasing the amount of water that can fit into…
Raising the banks of a river can allow the channel to contain more water. Straightening the channel sends the water…
Flat floodplains are easy to build on, but it is not so easy to keep the river from flooding over…
Floodplains in their natural state regularly flood. As a result, many areas are left as grass and sheep and cattle…