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Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Climatic Processes > Floods
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Disasters > Natural Disasters > Floods
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Disasters > Natural Disasters > Floods

Preferred term

Floods  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-S5CRF49L-5

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