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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment often increase the intensity and frequency of…

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Flood

Nodes315
Edges314
Triples217
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006349
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Flood

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has impact · 25
Flood → After, And, As, Bangladesh, Deaths, During, Economical, Every, FACED, Fatalities, Flooding, Floods, For, Freshwater, Ganges, Indus River, Injuries, Nile River, The, There
related to Urban flooding · 17
Flood → Australia, Brazil, Brisbane, Bundaberg, City, France, New Orleans, Nîmes, Queensland, Rio Grande, Rockhampton, Some, Sul, There, United States, Urban, Vaison-la-Romaine
related to Examples by country or region · 14
Flood → AfricaAsia, AsiaEurope, AustraliaUnited States, EuropeNorth Sea, Floods, List, Lists, Netherlands, NetherlandsOceania, North SeaThe Netherlands, OceaniaAustralia, Storm, United States, Worldwide
related to Etymology · 13
Flood → Dutch, German Flut, Germanic, Gothic, Latin, Middle Dutch, Noah's Flood, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, The, The Old English
related to Myths and religion · 13
Flood → Akkadian Atra-Hasis, BCE, Comparable, Deucalion, Genesis, Greek, Hinduism, Indigenous North American, Mesopotamia, Most, Parallels, Sumerian, The
related to Flood predictions · 11
Flood → Applied, Conversely, CREST-iMAP, HEC-RAS, Hydraulic Engineering Center, Inunda, Other, Physical, Similar, TUFLOW, Various
related to Flood safety planning · 10
Flood → Areas, At, Critical, Don't Drown, In, National Weather Service, Planning, Structures, Turn Around, United States
related to Intentional floods · 10
Flood → Agricultural, Beerse Overlaat, Dutch, Flooding, Gassel, Linden, Meuse, North Brabant, The, This
related to Climate change · 8
Flood → Climate, Dry, Due, In, The, There, These, This
related to Downslope factors · 7
Flood → Effective, Elevation, Flow, In, Less, The, Water

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flooding floods water may also river areas rainfall occur many channel flow land rivers events coastal precipitation caused natural time

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Floodis aoverflow of water0.90text
deforestationinstance ofExamples for human changes are land use changes0.80text
removal of wetlandsinstance ofExamples for human changes are land use changes0.80text
changes in waterway course or flood controls such as with leveesinstance ofExamples for human changes are land use changes0.80text
landslidesinstance ofLocalized flooding may be caused or exacerbated by drainage obstructions0.80text
iceinstance ofLocalized flooding may be caused or exacerbated by drainage obstructions0.80text
debrisinstance ofLocalized flooding may be caused or exacerbated by drainage obstructions0.80text
or beaver dams.Slow-rising floods most commonly occur in large rivers with large catchment areasinstance ofLocalized flooding may be caused or exacerbated by drainage obstructions0.80text
wildfiresinstance ofFlooding can be exacerbated by increased amounts of impervious surface or by other natural hazards0.80text
which reduce the supply of vegetation that can absorb rainfall.During times of raininstance ofFlooding can be exacerbated by increased amounts of impervious surface or by other natural hazards0.80text
some of the water is retained in ponds or soilinstance ofFlooding can be exacerbated by increased amounts of impervious surface or by other natural hazards0.80text
some is absorbed by grassinstance ofFlooding can be exacerbated by increased amounts of impervious surface or by other natural hazards0.80text

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