Poland

 

 Poland

Poland is between Germany and Russia.

The country of Poland is home to 37.75 million people (2021) and deep roots of history remain in its soil. This country and it inhabitants suffered immensely throughout each of the World Wars and the Holocaust. Poland supports a large population of Jewish individuals who fell victim to the Third Reich and the disgusting efforts of the Holocaust. Despite its deep rooted trauma Poland did achieve success economically in years following. Predominantly the land of Poland has lowland plains. However to the north in the direction of the Baltic sea the land continues to support those low-laying plains as well as forest terrain. The southern areas of Poland supports mountainous ranges which actually create the boundary of Poland. Natural hazards that Poland often faces is that of flooding. Poland's climate varies as winters can be severely cold, spring remains cold and rainy, summer ranges from 98 degrees to 89 degrees usually and autumn is cold and muggy. 

Hazards, Disasters, & Catastrophes

What is the difference? 

    Well, hazards have two components such as the event itself and its process, and the impact it could leave to humans. Causes of hazards vary from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, droughts, and other things like heat waves. The physical events and the way they can affect human life is what causes the event to be considered as a 'hazard'. Disasters are the by-product of hazards that present imminent danger to human life in that inhabited area. Catastrophes are often known to cause extreme damage, and destruction to the earths surface; such as, hurricanes, tornadoes, and droughts. The similarity of all three of these is that they can all affect human life in either extreme or minimal ways. The primary difference is that they have ranging affects that deem the physical event to fall into a one of these three categories.