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CATASTROPHIC FLOODING
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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Floods
Descriptor
Spanish
:
inundaciones
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Inundações
Synonyms
English
:
Catastrophic Flooding
Catastrophic Floodings
Flooding, Catastrophic
Floodings, Catastrophic
Tree Number:
G16.500.175.812
N06.230.100.230.250
SP4.001.037.403.519.265
SP8.473.654.587.537
Definition
English
:
Sudden onset water phenomena with different speed of occurrence. These include flash
floods
, seasonal river
floods
, and coastal
floods
, associated with
CYCLONIC STORMS
; TIDALWAVES; and storm surges.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate with
DISASTERS
if pertinent; specify geographic location
See Related
English
:
Alluvium
Flood Control
Flow Augmentation
Hydrometeorology
Surface Runoff
History Note
English
:
2009; use DISASTERS 1982-2008
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
HI
history
MO
mortality
PC
prevention & control
SN
statistics & numerical data
Record Number:
53352
Unique Identifier:
D055868
Occurrence in VHL
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