Hard and Soft Engineering

Match the following types of flood management with the

correct definition
Dredging-

High walls built close to river

banks which prevent property
being damaged.

Flood walls-

Planting trees means that

rainwater is intercepted and does
not hit the ground.

Afforestation-

Using boats to remove sediment

from the river bed, so that river
capacity is increased.

Zoning-

A large reinforced concrete wall

which is able to control the rate
of flow of the river.

Barrier-

This reduces the risk of flooding

as there is less concrete and
sewage systems.

Stop building on a flood plain-

Raised man-made river banks

that increase the capacity of the
river.

Dam-

Managing building on a floodplain

so that high value buildings are
away from the area that is liable
to flood.

Artificial levees-

Allowing the river to flood and

using the floodplain to store
flood water

Floodplain restoration -

Large moving barrier gates that

prevent floods