Flooding in ELDCs – Learner activity
Flooding
Flooding in Bangladesh: Dominoes activity
1. Cut out the domino pieces below.
2. In pairs, arrange the dominoes so that the information on one domino relates to the
information on the next.
3. Use the information on the completed dominoes set to discuss the physical causes of flooding
in Bangladesh.
Start
Climate change
leading to sea
level rise
Housing damaged
or destroyed by
floods
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Dysentery
Transport links
destroyed
Cyclones
Flat land
Roads and
railways under
water
Most of
Bangladesh is
only a few metres
above sea level
A steep mountain
range to the North
of Bangladesh
People starve
due to crop
failure
A disease spread
through dirty
water
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Finish
Delta
Deforestation
Homelessness
Famine
A seasonal period
of very heavy rain
A severe weather
event bringing
high winds, rain
and large waves
known as storm
surges
---------------Global warming
An area of flat
ground where the
rivers join and
meet the sea
An area of flat
ground beside
a river which is
prone to
flooding
Bangladesh
---------------Himalayas
People cutting
down trees for
fuel and
building
materials
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A country in
South East Asia
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---------------Monsoon
---------------Coastal flooding
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