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Badger, as well as the Exploits River watershed, has an extensive and elaborate flood
forecasting and early warning system in place.
Figure 5-1. Badger (Green dot) shown with surrounding terrain and
hydrography. Inset shows the Badger watershed in red, the town
of Badger in green, and the map extent in yellow, overlain onto the
ASTER DEM.
In contrast to Badger, Carbonear is located in a smaller coastal watershed on the Avalon
Peninsula, on the western shore of Conception bay. According to the Flood Events Inventory it
experiences floods during all four seasons, as a result of ice jams, rainfall, coastal storm surges,
and snowmelt. This watershed is clearly vulnerable to flooding. Because of its relatively small
size and coastal location, a flood early warning system composed of meteorological forecasts
and a tidal warning system might be recommended.
The process described above was carried out for each of the identified key communities.
Results are presented in Section 5.5.2.
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