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INUNDACAO CATASTROFICA [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A flood due to meteorological conditions of exceptional rarity, and due either to catastrophical rainfall spread over a period considerably longer than the time of concentration for the area, or to violent rain of the cloud burst type.

OBS

Catastrophic floods [have a] return period of a hundred years or more.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Crue due à des conditions météorologiques tout à fait exceptionnelles et d'une durée considérablement plus longue que le temps de concentration de la superficie réceptrice, soit par une pluie violente du type averse torrentielle.

Spanish

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