Lecture 8

Ontario: Surface Water & Flooding  

Today's objectives -

• To learn the basic behavior and features of a lowland river.
• To learn why floods occur.
• To learn different strategies used to reduce flood hazards.

Vocabulary -

drainage basin –
discharge –
erosive power –
floodplain –
meander –
oxbow lake –
cutoff –
flood –
hydrograph –
recurrence interval –
dam –
artificial levee (breakwater) –
Regulatory Floodplain –

Lecture Outline -

Types of floods
Video – Lost April: The Flood of ‘37
Causes of the flood
Prior flood control
Current flood control