NATURAL PROCESSES AND HAZARDS
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A NATURALLY OCCURING EVENT OR PHENOMENON WHICH HAS NEGATIVE ANTHROPOGELIC ENVIRONMEJTAL EFFECTS
NATURAL HAZARDS
REFERS TO ANY NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL DISASTERS
PHILVOLCS
Philippine Institute of volcanology and seismology
HOW MANY DESTRUCTIVE VOLCANOES ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES?
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LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
PACIFIC RING OF FIRE
AFFECT BODIES OF WATER
TSUNAMIS
PAGASA
PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL, AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
IS THE GOVERNEBT WEATHER BUREAU WHICH MONITOR ATMOSPHERIC OCCURANCES
PAGASA
PAGASA ISSUES PUBLIC WEATHER FORCASTS AND ADVISORIES CALLED _
PUBLIC STORMS WARNING
MORE THAN _ BILLION PPL LIVING WITHIN 200 KM IN THE COATLINES
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LAND AND SEA AREAS BOARDING THE SHORELINES
COASTAL AREA
_ IS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTABLE TO COASTAL HAZARDS
PHILIPPINES
HAZARDA OF LIVING NEAR THE COASTLINES:
DANGERS OF WAVES, EROSION, FLOOD, OR SUBMERSION, AND SALTWATER INTRUSION
CAUSED BY WIND AND STORMS CAUSES LARGE IMPACTS AROUND THE COASTLINE
WAVES
RESULT OF GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION OF THE SUN AND MOON ON THE OCEAN
TIDES
PROCESS OF WAVE ACTION, WAVE CURRENTS, AND TIDAL CURRENTS WEAR AWAY THE LAND AND REMOVES SEDIMENTS
COASTAL EROSION
=TO PREVENT FLOODING AND EROSION =ATTEMPT TO STOP THE TRANSPORT OF SAND, UNCONTROLLED RISE oF SEA LEVELS
STRUCTURES
=PREVENTS DIRECT IMPACT OF COASTAL PROCESSES TO LANDFORMS NEAR THE COAST =TO PROTECT AREAS OF HUMAN HABITATION
SEAWALLS
BUILT PERPENDICULAR TO THE BEACH TO LIMIT THE MOVEMENT OF SEDIMENTS
GROYNES
SALINE WATER SEEPS INTO WATER AQUIFIERS
SALTWATER INTRUSION