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FLOODWATER [9 records]

Record 1 2022-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Diptera) of the family Culicidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des diptères) de la famille des Culicidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Diptera) of the family Culicidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des diptères) de la famille des Culicidae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Emergency Management
DEF

[A map] that [shows] the floodwater extent of real flood events, or that [shows] potential floodwater coverage...

OBS

[Inundation maps] are intended to aid in the management of emergency preparedness plans for communities situated within floodplains and flood hazard zones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

[Carte] qui [montre] l'étendue de la couverture d'eau de crue potentielle pendant les inondations de différentes amplitudes [...]

OBS

[Les cartes de crues d'inondation] visent à aider à la gestion des plans d'urgence pour les communautés situées dans les zones inondables.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
CONT

Floodwater drainage is common in Japan to aerate the soil during midseason and to prevent Akiochi, a disorder in Japanese rice attributed to hydrogen sulfide toxicity due to low soil reduction potential and lack of oxygen in the root zone.

OBS

akiochi: term often found written with a capital A.

OBS

akiochi: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

Maladie du riz.

OBS

akiochi : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

Flood water spreading is a method that follows numbers of purposes. Some example of these are: to stabilise drifting sand, to control erosion, to develop artificial forestlands, to make changes the environment of the belt zones around desert, to satisfy water requirement, to remove sediment carried by flood-water for changing the bare lands to farm lands, to control ground water quality by preventing the intrusion of saltwater into water bearing aquifer.

Key term(s)
  • flood-water spreading
  • floodwater spreading

French

Domaine(s)
  • 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.

Spanish

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Record 6 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 7 1999-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

Uplift that results if the weight of the structure is not sufficient to resist flotation. Empty graving dry docks, basements of heavy structures subjected to floodwater levels before superstructure weight has been added, and floor construction between column reactions are examples.

Key term(s)
  • uplift

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Barrages et chaussées
OBS

Sous-pression : Action exercée par l'eau présente dans les terrains sur les constructions totalement ou partiellement enterrées (fondation de barrages, revêtement de canaux ou de galeries, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
CONT

[Under] certain conditions, flood-water farming was the only, and essential, method for producing crops in the desert. The intensity and number of floods determine the size of the area that can be sown. The large fluctuations from year to year make such farming a very precarious source of livelihood; in certain years, the floods may be rare or short-lived, and the soil will not be moistened to a depth that is sufficient to justify sowing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas agrícolas
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Record 9 1996-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A dam for storing floodwater, or for supplying a flood of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées

Spanish

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