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Noun Concept
Categories: Bodies of water, Flood, Water, Basic meteorological concepts and phenomena, Meteorological phenomena
EN
flood  inundation  deluge  alluvion  flooding
EN
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land WordNet 3.0
English:
hydrology
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Examples
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The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. Wikipedia
Overflow or accumulation of an expanse of water that submerges land. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Deliberate flooding. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Overflow of water that submerges land Wikidata
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland and/or tidal waters, and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source. OmegaWiki
An overflowing; an inundation or flood, especially when the water is charged with much suspended material. OmegaWiki
A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. Wiktionary
Overflow of water. Wiktionary (translation)
The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. Wiktionary
Act of inundating. Wiktionary (translation)
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Plains fertilized by annual inundations WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
geological phenomenon
natural disaster
high tide
PART OF
AR
كارثة الفيضانات
HAS KIND
debacle
flash flood
Noah's flood
acqua alta
coastal flooding
+8 relations
HAS INSTANCE
2000 Mozambique flood
1954 Yangtze floods
March 2007 floods in Argentina's Litoral region
2007 United Kingdom floods
June 2007 Texas flooding
+428 relations
DERIVATION
deluge
inundate
flood
flood
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China
DIFFERENT FROM
flood
HAS CAUSE
downpour
rain
tsunami
siphoning
river overflow
HAS EFFECT
death
dam failure
property damage
ON FOCUS LIST OF WIKIMEDIA PROJECT
HY
Վիքիպեդիա:Կարևորագույն հոդվածներ
PERMANENT DUPLICATED ITEM
CDO
水災
REPLACES
NL
Sophiapolder
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion
Wikipedia
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flood
Wikidata
EN
flood
Wiktionary
EN
flood, inundation
OmegaWiki
EN
alluvion, flood, flooding, inundation, overflowing
Wikipedia Redirections
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bankfull discharge, Beneficial effects of floods, Cataclysmus, Causes of flooding, Flood (hydrology), flood damage, Flood disaster, flood risk, flooded, Flooder, Flooders, flooding, floods, floodwater, in spate, inundate, inundated, inundation, List of Flood, river flood, River overflow, riverine flood, Why floods happen
Wikidata Alias
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flooding, floodwater

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