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Flood


Flood: A phase of a river's water regime that may be repeated multiple times during different seasons of the year, characterized by an intensive, usually short-term increase in flow rates and water levels caused by rainfall or snowmelt during thaws

Source: "SAFETY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. NATURAL EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS. GOST 22.0.03-97/GOST R 22.0.03-95"

(approved by the Decree of the State Standard of Russia dated May 25, 1995 No. 267)

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