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FLOOD CONDITION [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Soil Science
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Site Development
DEF

The operation or process of changing the condition or characteristics of land so that improved utilization can be achieved. This may be accomplished by various means such as irrigation of arid land, drainage of swamp or waterlogged land, protection from flood menace of land constantly subject to overflow.

Key term(s)
  • reclamation of land
  • reclamation of soils
  • soil reclamation
  • reclaiming of land
  • reclaiming of soil
  • reclaiming of soils
  • soil reclaiming
  • land reclaiming
  • amelioration of soils
  • amelioration of land

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Science du sol
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Aménagement du terrain
DEF

Terme général pour désigner la mise en valeur de terres incultes ou insalubres, l'amélioration du sol, le gain de terrain sur la mer, les travaux d'assainissement et de drainage, d'assèchement et d'irrigation.

DEF

Amélioration du rendement des terres.

OBS

défrichement : ce terme correspond à l'anglais «clearing».

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «réhabilitation» ou «restauration» d'un site (en anglais : «site rehabilitation»), avec «restauration» ou «régénération» d'un sol (en anglais : «land restoration») et avec «remise en végétation» ou «reverdissement» (en anglais : «revegetation»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Planificación de zonas (Urbanismo)
  • Preparación del terreno
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Record 2 2001-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
DEF

An overflow of water onto lands that are used or usable by man and not normally covered by water.

OBS

Floods have two essential characteristics: The inundation of land is temporary; and the land is adjacent to and inundated by overflow from a river, stream, lake, or ocean.

CONT

Willow Creek Lake is a flood control project designed to protect the city of Heppner, Oregon. In 1903, Heppner experienced one of the most devastating floods in the history of the United States. Two hundred forty-seven people perished in a flash flood. The project will prevent a recurrence of a similar disaster. Storage for irrigation is also part of the project. A lake for water conservation and irrigation is maintained at elevation 2063. When a flash flood occurs, the flood waters will be caught and stored, and slowly released until the lake returns to elevation 2063.

OBS

floods; flood waters. As defined, in part, in the Standard Flood Insurance Policy(SFIP) :"A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from overflow of inland or tidal waters or from the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source. "

Key term(s)
  • flood-waters
  • floodwaters
  • floods
  • flood-water
  • flood water
  • floodwater

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

Irrigation de surface. [...] L'épandage des eaux de ruissellement ou de crue, qui du fait de la brutalité des précipitations, coulent de façon très temporaire dans les régions à faible pluviosité annuelle, est une forme fruste de submersion, utilisée par l'homme depuis longtemps, dans la vallée du Nil ou la Mésopotamie par exemple.

OBS

eaux de crue : terme rarement employé au singulier («eau de crue»).

Key term(s)
  • eau de crue
  • eau des crues
  • eau de crues
  • eaux de crues
  • eaux des crues

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

With ... input-output flow data, a hydrologic model was developed which was able to simulate water-level throughout the Delta under different flood conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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