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A flood event that has a 1% probability of occurring in any given year; an exceptionally large flood.
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A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
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(biblical) The Biblical flood taking place in the story of Noah in Genesis.
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A landslide or landslip.
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(geology, of a body of water) Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
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Water leaving farm fields, polluted by animal waste and fertilizers.
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(wastewater management) The flow of wastewater at the start of a storm or season, when runoff has the highest concentration of pollutants.
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(meteorology) A sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.
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Alternative spelling of flash flood [(meteorology) A sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.]
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Obsolete form of flood. [An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.]
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An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
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An area that is inundated during periods of flooding to prevent inundation elsewhere.
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(of an area and its residents) badly affected by flooding.
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(informal) Something that tends to flood.
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Alternative form of flood pool [An area that is inundated during periods of flooding to prevent inundation elsewhere.]
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That is prone (liable) to flooding
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Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding
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(US, archaic) A flume, as in a mill flume.
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Obsolete spelling of flood [An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.]
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(informal) An extreme influenza outbreak.
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Alternative form of food fall [(marine biology) An event in which organic matter in the ocean sinks to the seafloor.]
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The rapid draining of a lake created by a dam of glacial ice, wherein the lake water undermines the glacier plugging the outlet, leading to a flood.
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Acronym of glacial lake outburst flood. [The rapid draining of a lake created by a dam of glacial ice, wherein the lake water undermines the glacier plugging the outlet, leading to a flood.]
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Alternative form of jökulhlaup [A subglacial outburst flood; a sudden release of water from a subglacial lake.]
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Alternative form of jökulhlaup [A subglacial outburst flood; a sudden release of water from a subglacial lake.]
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A subglacial outburst flood; a sudden release of water from a subglacial lake.
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An overflowing of land by river; an inundation or freshet.
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A cascade of lava down a slope or cliff.
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(ecology, countable) The total mass of plant material falling to the ground per unit area, or the mass collected at a specific site.
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(geology) A sudden discharge of an exceptionally large volume of water
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An extremely large watershed.
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a supposed global flood that took place in the early 1800's which reset all of civilisation, according to some conspiracy theorists
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A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
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(figuratively) A flood, torrent, or outpouring, especially one of massive proportions.
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(construction, geology) The excessive accumulation of water at low-lying areas that remains after 48 hours after the end of rainfall under conditions conducive to drying.
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The use of water management and landscape design techniques to manage rainwater runoff.
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That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
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(literary) A deluge of rain.
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(poetic) Abounding in streams, or in water.
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A very large, devastating flood, especially one caused by the melting of a glacier-dammed lake.
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Overland flow of excess water (with or without accumulated contaminants) that cannot be absorbed by the ground as infiltration.
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Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
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The amount of water contained in a material, such as soil, rock or wood.
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(idiomatic) An event or set of events which has already happened and cannot be changed.
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(hydrology) The timespan between October 1 and September 30 of the next year, differing from the calendar year because part of the precipitation that falls in late autumn and winter accumulates as snow and does not drain until the following spring or summer.
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