A natural disaster is a terrible accident, e.g. a ...

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A natural disaster is a terrible accident, e.g. a great flood, a big fire or an earthquake. It usually causes great suffering and loss of a large sum of money. The causalities are injured or died. Some people are homeless and need medical care.

Floods occur when the water of rivers, lakes, or streams overflow their banks and pour out into the surrounding land. Floods are caused by many different things. Often heavy rainstorms that last for a brief time can cause a flood. But not all heavy storms are followed by flooding. If the surrounding lands is flat and can absorb the water, no flooding will occur. If, however, the lands is hard and rocky heavy rain cannot be a bsorbed. Where the banks are low, a river may overflow and flood adjacent lowland.

In many parts of the world floods are caused by tropical storms called hurricanes of typhoons. They bring destructive winds of high speed torrents of rain, and flooding. When a flood occurs, the destruction to the surrounding land can be severe. Whole villages and towns are somewhat swept away by water pouring swiftly over the land. Railroad tracks and buckles are uprooted from their beds. Highways are washed away.

When a building caught fire, the firemen pitched in to help battle the blaze. Before the pumps were invented, people formed bucket brigades to fight fire. Standing side by side, they formed a human chain from the fire nearby well or river. They passed buckets of water from hand to hand to be poured on the flames. The damage of fire did depend a great deal on where it happened. In at the country or a small village, only a single house might burn down. But in crowded cities, fire often destroyed whole blocks and neighborhoods before being controlled.

What can possible prevent rivers and lakes from overflowing?
A. An absorbent bed
B. A rocky surrounding
C. A low land
D. A high bank
E. A high road

E. Elfa · Accepted Answer

Halo Mawar M, kakak bantu jawab ya.

Jawaban untuk soal ini adalah "D. A high bank".

Soal ini menanyakan apa yang bisa mencegah sungai dan danau meluap.

Pembahasan:
Berdasarkan kalimat "Where the banks are low, a river may overflow and flood adjacent lowland" (Ketika tepiannya rendah, sungai akan meluap dan membanjiri dataran rendah yang terdekat).

Maka dari itu dibutuhkan tepian yang tinggi agar sungai tidak meluap.

Jadi, jawaban untuk soal ini adalah "D. A high bank" (D. Tepian yang tinggi).

Mau pemahaman lebih dalam untuk soal ini?

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