1 / 14

Turkey

Earthquake Avalanche Flood. Turkey. Overview. Climate and Weather in Turkey How developed is Turkey? Plate Boundary- How come there are Earthquakes, Avalanches and Floods in Turkey? What could happen in Turkey? Why? Earthquakes Avalanches Floods Video. Climate and Weather.

vera
Download Presentation

Turkey

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Earthquake Avalanche Flood Turkey

  2. Overview • Climate and Weather in Turkey • How developed is Turkey? • Plate Boundary- How come there are Earthquakes, Avalanches and Floods in Turkey? • What could happen in Turkey? Why? • Earthquakes • Avalanches • Floods • Video

  3. Climate and Weather Last 100 Years: • Summers are warmer and drier • Winters are milder and drier • Sea-levels rising • If this keeps going, there will be food shortages and more diseases Different Climates: Summer: • Hot in the countryside • Hot by the Mediterranean with a breeze making it colder • Warm in the mountains • Usually warm in the city Winters: • Cold in the countryside, by the Mediterranean, mountains and city • Predicted to snow a lot this year in Turkey- a little like last year

  4. How developed is Turkey? • City – richly built houses e.g. Skyscrapers • Mediterranean- many luxurious houses • Mountains-middle class houses • Countryside- really poor houses about to fall down • There are many industries and many farming lands Igdir Anatolia Istanbul Ayvalik

  5. Plate Boundary The African Plate is pushing itself away from the Eurasian Plate- the Eurasian Plate is not doing anything to the African Plate. The Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate are not doing anything to each other.

  6. What Could Happen in Turkey? Why?

  7. Earthquakes Earthquakes that have Occurred: (Month. Day. Year) • 4.28.1903-Malazgirt • 4.28.1903-Gole • 8.9.1912-Murefte • 10.3.1914-Burdur • 12.26.1939-Erzincan • 12.20.1942-Erbaa • 11.26.1943-Ladik • 2.1.1944-Gerede • 5.31.1946-Ustukran • 3.18.1953-Yenice-Gonen • 8.19.1966-Varto • 3.28.1970-Gediz • 5.22.1971-Bingol • 9.6.1975-Diyarbarkir • 11.24.1976-Turkey-Iran Border • 10.30.1983- Erzurm & Kars Province • 8.17.1999- Istanbul, Kocaieli, Sakarya • 3.2.2002-western Turkey • 4.20.2003-Bingol • 5.1.2003- Bingol, Mus, Elazig, and Ankara (6.4 )- 200 children trapped in a school • 3.26.2004-Erzurum • 1.21.2007-Agri • 287 Earthquakes in 20 years! • Huge Earthquake- Swiss and Austrian wanted to help bury up the people who are still alive but Turkey said no (religion)

  8. Earthquakes in Turkey

  9. Avalanches • 3.6.2004- Ankara- 9 people killed • 1.25.2009-Zigana- 10 people killed • Not a very high percentage of it happening again • Should be much snow this year again

  10. Floods • 1998-Near the Black Sea • 2001-Near the Black Sea • 2009-Istanbul • If snow melts there will be a high percentage and the sea-level has risen in the mediterranean.

  11. Natural Disasters in Turkey (1903-2005)

  12. Bibliography On-line Periodical: • “Turkey quake kills nine.” CNN. 2004. 9/11/09. ‹http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/26/turkey.quake/index.html› • “Ten killed in Turkish avalanche.” BBC. 2009. 9/11/09. ‹http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7849962.stm› • “Flash floods slam Turkey, trap hundreds.” MSNBC. 2009. 9/11/09. ‹http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32812412/ns/world_news-europe/› • “Major Turkish Earthquakes of the 20th Century.” MCEER. 2009. 8/11/09.‹http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoservice/Reference_Services/turkey-major-earthquakes.asp› Websites: • Poyzner, Mikhail. “Turkey Disasters Timeline.” 2000. Marpreport. 9/11/09. ‹http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d/countries/turkey.html› • Kadıoğlu, Mikdat. “Climate Change and Turkey” Tuba. 10/11/09. ‹http://www.tuba.gov.tr/userfiles/file/files_tr/haberler/mikdat-kadioglu.pdf› • Korkanç, Selma Yaşar. “The causes of floods in the western Blacksea region, Turkey.” Balwois. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.balwois.com/balwois/administration/full_paper/ffp-531.pdf› • “Stop disasters.” ISDR. 25/11/09. ‹http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html› • “Are you ready? - Floods.” 4/6/09. FEMA. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/flood.shtm› • “Are you ready? – Earthquakes.” 4/6/09. FEMA. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/flood.shtm› • Snell, Laurie. “Chance New 12.02.” 2003. Dartmouth. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/chance_news/recent_news/chance_news_12.02.html› Books: • Waugh, David and Bushell, Tony. “New Interactions.” China. Nelson Thornes Ltd. 2002. • Thompson, Luke. “Floods.” New York. High Interest Book. 2000. • Cumming, David. “Mountains.” Texas. RaintreeSteck- Vaughn. 1995. • Jennings, Jerry. “Volcanoes and Earthquakes.” Oxford University Press. 1990.

  13. Picture Bibliography • “Bucharest Convention.” Climate Lab. 11/11/09. ‹http://climatelab.org/Bucharest_Convention› • “Turkish Avalanche claims 10 hikers.” 25/1/09. CBC. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/25/turkey-avalanche.html› • “Avalanche in Turkey.” 22/8/09. Royals Review. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.royalsreview.com/2008/8/22/599410/game-128-overflow-thread› • “Tis the Avalanche Season.” 20/12/09. JustGetOut. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/15654› • “Avalanche kills 10 at Turkish ski resort.” 2009. CNN. 11/11/09. ‹http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/25/turkey.avalanche/index.html› • “Earthquakes.” 3/2008. British Geological Survey. 10/11/09. ‹http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/education/eq_booklet/index.html› • “Capturing Forces of Nature.” 16/7/2004. The Mercury News. 11/11/09. ‹http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/reviews/IMAX.html› • “Plate Tectonic- Earthquake.” Ms nucleus. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/pt/earthquakes/2/pte2_3a.html› • “Neurotic about Neurons.” 2006. Scientific American. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=neurotic-about-neurons› • “Flash Floods in Turkey.” 2009. Telegraph.co.uk. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/6157953/Flash-floods-in-Turkey.html› • “Resort Istanbul.” 2008. Resort Istanbul. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.resortistanbul.com/› • “Turkey.“ 2007. Khulsey. 11/11/09. ‹http://www.khulsey.com/travel/turkey_travel_photos.html› • “Turkey.” 2008. Fresh Peaks. 9/11/09. ‹http://www.freshpeaks.com/turkey.html› • Friehauf, Kurt. “Geology.” Kurtztown University. 10/11/09. ‹http://faculty.kutztown.edu/friehauf/friehauf_personal.html›

  14. Thank-YouforWatching

More Related