What caused the boscastle floods? what factors increased the flood risk?

Heavy localised rainfall - 89 mm of rain fell in an hour. Saturated ground from previous rainfall. Topography of the land. The landscape upstream of Boscastle, a steep-sided valley, acted as a funnel directing vast volumes of water into the village.

Flooding

heavy rainfall.

long periods of rain.

snowmelt.

steep slopes.

impermeable rock (doesn't allow water through)

very wet, saturated soils.

compacted or dry soil.

Explanation:

there's multiple reasons why the conquistadors were so successful in colonizing central america, and some of them are:

- they were seen as gods;

at the beginning, the spanish settlers were seen by the natives as gods, and this was mainly due to their white skin, and the way they came with their boats.

- possessed superior weaponry;

the spanish had gunpowder and guns, as well as cannons, while the natives did not had any fire weapons.

- made cleaver alliances;

they used the situation of tribes hating each other, so they made alliances with some of them which served them very well.

- brought diseases;

the native people were not immune to certain diseases the europeans brought with them, so they were dying from seeming harmless things for european standards.