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Natural Disasters By: Quentin Green. Wildfire. The main features of a wildfire is burning of trees and plants caused by natural causes burning uncontrollably.
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Natural Disasters By: Quentin Green
Wildfire • The main features of a wildfire is burning of trees and plants caused by natural causes burning uncontrollably. • They can be started by lightning, also by a human who doesn't put out their campfire all the way or throws a lit cigarette or match into the brush. • It's a human and geologic cause. • Next to brush or big grassland or evens our own even homes. • Both to property and human and environment life.
Hurricane • The main features of a hurricane is strong winds, water, and electrical storms • Forms near the equator over warm ocean waters • It has a weather cause. • Hurricane season is from June 1st to November 30th. The most intense hurricanes happen from August to November • It impacts on humans and environments.
Drought • The main features of a drought ishigh pressure, and a dry spell. • A drought forms because of rainfall. • A drought has a geographical cause, it isn’t called a drought but a desert. • In humid, or wet, regions, a drought of a few weeks is quickly reflected in a decrease in soil moisture and in declining flow in streams.
Volcano • The main features of a volcano is The Crater, layers of ash, the secondary cone, the main vent, lava and magma chamber.
Tornado • The main features of a tornado is violentwinds, the condensation funnel, and the debris cloud.
Tsunami • The main features of a tsunami is a giant earthquake under water that makes a huge wave that can be over a 1000 feet tall crashes down on the coast
Flood • The main features of a flood is the huge amount of water that covers an area and ruins crops and destroys homes.
Earthquake • The main features of a earthquake is a vibration of the Earth produced by a rapid release of energy.