Natural Hazards

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Natural Hazards by Mind Map: Natural Hazards

1. Impacts

1.1. Environmental Impacts

1.1.1. Forest Fires

1.1.2. Resources destructed

1.1.3. Habitats destructed

1.1.4. Landmarks destructed

1.2. Human Impacts

1.2.1. Deaths

1.2.2. Damaged buildings

1.2.3. Damaged objects

1.2.4. Landmarks destructed

2. Prevention

2.1. Dams

2.2. Blockades

2.3. Hybrid Cars

2.4. Environmental Protection

2.5. Education

3. Protection

3.1. International Early Warning Programme

3.2. Emergency Meeting-Points

3.3. Knowledge

4. Known Case Studies

4.1. Hurricane Katrina

4.2. Hurricane Sandy

4.3. Typhoon Haiyan

5. Definition

5.1. Natural events that have a bad impact on people and the environment.

5.1.1. Avalanches

5.1.1.1. A large mass of snow falls down a mountain side

5.1.2. Earthquakes

5.1.2.1. Quakes caused by the Earth

5.1.3. Coastal Erosions

5.1.3.1. When coastal shorelines move and change

5.1.4. Lahars

5.1.4.1. A volcanic eruption containing a large amount of material

5.1.5. Droughts

5.1.5.1. occur when perception is low, and it does not rain for a long time

5.1.6. Landslides

5.1.6.1. Mass displacements, especially on a mountain

5.1.7. Sinkholes

5.1.7.1. Holes that sink in objects including humans around the area

5.1.8. Tsunamis

5.1.8.1. Big waves that fall on the area and suck objects including humans in the ocean. Caused by ocean currents and earthquakes.

5.1.9. Tornados

5.1.9.1. A fast, violent wind that spins

5.1.10. Hurricanes

5.1.10.1. A tornado faster than 119km/h

5.1.11. Typhoons

5.1.11.1. A tropical storm

5.1.12. Volcanic Eruption

5.1.12.1. An eruption caused by a volcano

5.1.13. Floods

5.1.13.1. When water overfills an area

5.1.14. Wildfires

5.1.14.1. Fires in wildlife caused mainly by lightning

6. Location

6.1. All across the world

6.2. There are 'patterns' to where a natural hazard occurs, each hazard has a different 'pattern'

6.2.1. "Spatial Distribution"

6.3. Plate boundaries

6.3.1. The boundary between the tectonic plates

7. Causes

7.1. Climate Change

7.1.1. Human Interference

7.2. Earth Movement

7.3. Weather

7.4. Extreme Weather

7.5. Air Pressure

7.6. Ocean Currents

7.7. Another natural hazard