Bangladesh data

• how much less than 6m above sea level

  60%
• how much land area do tides affect

  1/3
• gradient of river

  6 cm/km
• country drains an area ... its own size

  12x
• population

  166m
• popunder 25

  51%
• pop growth

  0.6%
• literacy rate

  58.8%
• life expectancy

  70
• pop working in agri

  47%
• magala hills height

  2500m
• most devestating floods in

  100 years
• how much of country was affected

  50%
• height of water

  3m
• how long flooding

  67 days
• affected

  30m
• dead

  1500
• malnuourished

  25m
• rice prod lost

  2.2m tons
• damage to cultivated areas

  1.5m hectares
• livestock sector loss

  $500m
• roads damaged

  1500km
• embankments damaged

  4500km
• bridges damaged

  20,000
• villages damaged

  30,000
• houses damaged

  900,000
• levees

  10,000km
• how long does it take for flood waters to rise

  3 days
• floodwater height rice can grow in and how much a day

  floodwaters of 1m

  20cm rice grows a day
• flood action plan

  1989-95
• forecasts

  5 days
• pop at risk from lateral erosion

  20%
• how much do families move a lifetime

  10-15x