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    Two of the main natural hazards that Croatia has are the forest fires, floods. With all of this climate change being the main factor of theses hazards occurrences. According to the   Climate knowledge portal   natural hazards for the country of Croatia they have been impacted by earthquakes 228,349 in the year of 2020. As to oppose to the year of 1996 with about 2,000 of them recorded.  Has had a severe split wildfire in July 2017. According to this article the split wildfire that occurred in July 2017 is a very good example of the wildfire-urban interface characteristics which includes the rapid growth and down slope spread to the coastal area that is populated. Just between 2001- 2021 Croatia has lost about 5.76 kha of the trees that where covering from fires and 81.9kha from all the other drivers loss. The years that had a significant lost of trees was 2004 with a 757kha which is about 11% of the trees what where lost due to fires. Acc...

Wildfires and drought

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  Croatia  Has had a severe split wildfire in July 2017. According to this article the split wildfire that occurred in July 2017 is a very good example of the wildfire-urban interface characteristics which includes the rapid growth and down slope spread to the coastal area that is populated. Just between 2001- 2021 Croatia has lost about 5.76 kha of the trees that where covering from fires and 81.9kha from all the other drivers loss. The years that had a significant lost of trees was 2004 with a 757kha which is about 11% of the trees what where lost due to fires.  According to the Forest Fires article within the last past 10 years their has been 330 fires and about 19 of the forest and woodland area where burnt. During the summer months is when it is more highly to have a fire occur. This is located on the Croatian Adriatic Coast.One of the months that is high for the fires is the month of August. Their is droughts that occur every three to five years on an average. It is...

Coastal Erosion

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 The coastline in Croatia is about 5,835 km, according to the data length is that it is artificially protected and also modified from the scares. The coastlines is mostly consisted of carbonate rocks. This is current situation that Croatia is at.                                                                                          The Adriatic Sea is microtidawith a tidal amplitude between 0.22 and 1.2 m (5). Wave heights are usually between 0.5 and 1.5 m while wave higher than 5 m rarely occ Their are a numerous amount of of gravel pocket beaches all the long of the coast. One of the main real hazards for the beaches are the projected sea-levels have rise and as well increased the storms. In the future for the coastal erosions for Croatia is that the sea-le...

Croatia's Extreme Weather

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 Earthquake Croatia has been considered to be part of the (medium) for earthquakes, which this means that only 10% chance if potentially earthquake shakes to damage your property. Their are earthquake that are recorded at least a couples time a month or even once throughout the year.  Fires  Croatia has a a lot if not more then half of fires during the warm seasons. The country has been classified at a high for the wildfires meaning that they commonly happen. If you are planing to go to Croatia it is commended to go during the months of May or June. July and August tend to be at about 40 C or sometimes even 32-38 C. When building a plan to live their you need to follow all the guidelines and regulations so that their will not have to pay a fee for not following the regulations.  Flash Floods Croatia has two kind of floods which are river and coastal ( High). They are both considered to be classified as high. These could possible life threading for people who live the...

Croatia mass waistline hazard

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Croatia is consider to have a high for landslides. Which means that during the rainfall season they have patterns of rainfall, geology soil, terrain slope and even potentially earthquakes that create landslides. Their is a climate change that has affected which could potentially alter slope and bedrock stability because of the changes in precipitation and temperature change. Some changes that have been advised is to have a plan when it comes to infrastructures projects. To make sure that their is not a significantly increased through the project constructions. Before anything is built the people who are involved in the building of a projects for the infrastructures make sure to obey all the rules and follow the guidelines that are to be followed by the state/country.  According to this article the, scientist  form the University of Rijeka and the University of Zagreb encompass scientists from the fields of engineering geology and geotechnics dealing with scientific research on...

Croatia's Volcanic Activity

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       According to the  Croatia Mysterious  boaters who have the opportunity to sail have the wonderful choice to pick where to sial because of the thousands of islands are around.  The islands of the Kvarner, Zadar, Šibenik, Split or Dubrovnik archipelago will satisfy all appetites and affinities in the search for the perfect bay, heavenly beach or hidden resting spot, but the Adriatic hides other uncut diamonds for ambitious boaters looking for an adventure.  The other end of the Vis triangle closest to Jabuka is the neighbouring islet Brusnik. It is almost 150 million years old and also made of volcanic rock rich in magnetite. Their was two volcano eruptions that did impacted the Croatia island's at the beginning of the 19th century ( 2 volcanos ).  The old man Brusnik, one of the only 2 volcanoes that are located in Croatia. Is it really a fairytale or could it be the actual truth?  are made of. From afar, it looks like something st...

Croatia Earthquakes

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 Croatia's has frequent earthquakes that range from 2 - 2.5 magnitude on the Richter scale and their was one on September 3 of 1.3 magnitude (  volcanodiscovery ). Earthquakes in Croatia could cause damage to the structures and loss of lives. Their was an earthquake in 2020 of a 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale that hit the region of Petrinja near Sisak, in the Center of Croatia. This one caused a lot of damage to infrastructure, buildings and loss of life (  Gov.uk ).                 Croatia is on a major fault line where some experts have thought of Croatia being activally because of where it is located. Their is about 200 earthquakes that happen in Croatia yearly but if the series of earthquakes are taken into consideration theirs more of them happening. According to t he USGS, has posted an  event page  providing more details. Perceived shaking for the earthquake was very strong. The preliminary  ...