Floods' effects on texas ecoregions
This page will describe the effects that floods have on Texas ecoregions around the state.
What is a flood?
A flood is an overflowing amount of water onto normally dry land. A flood occurs when overflowing water submerges an area of land.
Effects:
Although all plants and crops need water to survive, there is such a thing as too much water.
It's not just too little water that can kill a plant. When a plant's stomata (tiny pores covering all parts of plant) are blocked by water, the plant can no longer exchange gasses, and will soon die.
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One of the main elements in erosion is water. So when land floods, riverbanks are very prone to erosion. This can thus change the shape of the river quickly, causing a meander,
Homes are easily destroyed by flooding. The water destroys the structure by rotting away the wood and the foundations for the walls and ceilings. And when the structure of your house is unstable, then it will collapse. This results to being very pricey ,and is something that effects many homes during a flood.
Famous Texas Floods
1927 - The Great Flood of 1927 stretched across parts of 11 different states including Texas. The Mississippi River flooded, reaching a width of 80 miles at some locations during the peak of the flooding.
January 1992 - Heavy rain resulted in one of the largest floods in history up to that point. Trinity River, in Liberty, Texas, reached close to 30 feet, which is about 6 feet well over the flood level.
October 1998 - San Marcos, Texas experienced a flood that had rain measurements of up to 30 inches, in just a short period of time.
June 2001 - Tropical storm, Allison, resulted in mass flooding all over Texas. The worst flooding occurred in Houston, Texas, where a source says, "30,000 became homeless after the storm flooded over 70,000 houses, and destroyed 2,744 homes." The flooding measurements peaked at over 40 inches.
There are many other floods in Texas that can be researched.
Below are some pictures of devastation brought by floods around the world.
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