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INLAND FLOOD [3 records]

Record 1 2022-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Inland floods can result from disruption to natural or man-made dams, catastrophic melting of ice and snow ..., rain, river ice jams and/or excessive runoff in the spring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Des inondations fluviales peuvent être causées par l'endommagement des barrages humains ou naturels, la fonte catastrophique de la neige ou la glace, la pluie, l'engorgement des rivières par la glace et le ruissellement excessif de l'eau de fonte au printemps.

Spanish

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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 1989-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Inland, shallow, fresh to saline flowing water which flows continuously and is confined to a main water course. Seasonal periods of flood stages may occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Eau intérieure peu profonde, variant de douce à salée, à écoulement continu et se limitant au cours d'eau principal. Il peut y avoir des crues saisonnières.

Spanish

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