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MAXIMUM POSSIBLE FLOOD [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Greatest flood to be expected, assuming complete coincidence of all factors that would produce the heaviest rainfall and maximum runoff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

La plus forte crue qui puisse survenir en un lieu donné, en supposant réunis au même moment tous les facteurs capables de maximiser les pluies et le ruissellement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Máxima avenida que cabe esperarse suponiendo una coincidencia total de todos los factores que producirían las mayores precipitaciones y la máxima escorrentía.

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