Today we’re going to talk about how and why floods happen both in spite of, and because of, us. Specifically, we’ll take a closer look at the island of Java, and its largest city, Jakarta, and explain the factors that lead to serious flooding almost annually. We’ll also show you how mangroves can help protect us from flooding, and how wetlands along floodplains act like the kidneys of the Earth filtering out impurities and pollutants.
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Thanks for the insight??
It helped me a lot to understand why we, in Jakarta metropolitan area, often experience flash flooding annually every time the rainy season occurs
i remember jakarta's 2020 floods … the worst
Nice ??
Because it was built in a floodplain. Boom – video done.
Majority of the policy makers are scientifically illiterate and ignorant, so there is little hope in the near future.
And that's sad………
Hi CrashCourse, thank you for talking about my country ?
سبحان الله الخالق العظيم.
I forgot how amazing wetlands are.
interesting to see what will happen to jakarta in 2030
Even the dutch left the city
EPA logo above the USGS link, and vice versa
I Love Learning From Crash Course ?.
I love the research put into this! Super well done.
Good video.
Civilization-style Hexagon!! Niceee, Sid Meier’s fan.
wow, that's a quick explanation. but as far as I know, Java is an island inhabited by 56.10% of the total population in Indonesia today (Population Census: Bureau of Statistics 2020). and seems to continue to grow from year to year, which means that the existing land area can get smaller due to the emergence of new residences, new public facilities etc, etc.
guess what the picture will look like in the next few years. with very high pressure loads, plus flooding, plus concrete buildings, plus overflowing drainage, plus unstable natural conditions, and other pluses that aggravate the situation. god bless us ??
0:16 Hexagons are the bestagons!
The Mississippian people's made mounds that they lived on, i wonder if this is why?
this series is great for world-building
Eleven minutes Always charged by the best information from crash course ?, and with the most interesting, smart and beautiful girl. ? thanks to share your knowledge ? ?
I realize how the goverment messed up when this area of the city in the 1980s are wetlands. But now it has a huge ass mall, a building, lots of stores, housing area, a toll route, and an LRT. And every year it always flood there
OMG Civ 6
My favorite crashcourse series with my hometown in the title? I-
Jakarta ??? Last time i checked the news – most of the world is flooding at the moment.
Uhuy
Excited for human geography next episode
I'm living in rural area of Java, and well some rapid development are somewhat ridiculous if viewed from environmental pov. The historical rainforest has become very limited in small national parks, swapped by many agricultural fields, and nowadays those agricultural fields once again swapped by human buildings in the name of economic development, from factory, housing, cafe, or even public facilities like airport. Environmental consideration haven't become quite priority in government, business, even common people mind when doing something about those economic things.
civilization ref pog
Thumbs down because CIV 6 is the worst in the series.
Living near an area with lots of abandoned mines…thanks for your explanation of the associated problems! There may have been gold in them thar hills at one time, but not now! Pb, As, Zn etc. Aaacckkk!
My brain briefly forgot how English words and I read Floods as if it rhymes with foods. Flooooods
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''let me back up about 150.000 years and explain'' that sentence is gold
Another great video keep it up
OMG! My apartment building made it into Crash Course! 2:52
50 years later and watch this video from under water jakarta.
Rivers in Jakarta are also full of garbage. It also adds to the reason why river water is difficult to seep into the ground.
I enjoy the Civilization-style hex map at the start of this video!