Pickering beck

• Location

  North Yorkshire Moors
• Pickering population

  7000
• Pickering beck is a tributary of the river ____

  Derwent
• Natural causes of flooding in Pickering

  Steep valley side

  Flat valley floor

  Lots of tributaries add water to the main river. (Gundale beck)
• In which years did Pickering town centre flood

  1999, 2000,2002, 2007
• In 2007____ properties were destroyed

  85
• The 2007 flood affected the whole of Yorkshire and the damage cost £_____

  £ 2.1 billion
• Human activities effecting flooding

  - Urbanisation (town and road)

  - Farming has resulted in overgrazing so land wont infiltrate water

  - Climate change creates wetter winters
• What road runs through Pickering

  A170
• Flood management scheme is called

  Slowwwinggg the flowwww
• flood management techniques


  Low level bunds

  Afforestation - hydrophilic plants like willow that infiltrate a lot

  Moorland drains have been blocked to encourage natural storage within the moors
• what is the purpose of the low level bunds in the scheme

  water can be stored in the upper catchment until discharge decreases
• How wide are the strips of willow planted on either side of the beck

  30m
• what does blocking moorland drains achieve

  they have been blocked with heather bales to encourage natural storage within the moorland, reducing the flow to the beck.