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<br />the event occurrinll in any year or an ave...age....,cu......enceof once in <br />twe"tyyears. <br /> <br />Recurrence Interval. The average number of years within which a given <br />flood event will b<>equaUedo...eJ<ceeded. <br /> <br />Rde...ence Point. Anumhered poInt identifying a opceific location for co..._ <br />rehting the data sh<l"" in various forms throughout the report. <br /> <br />Right Bnnk. The bank onthe...ight side of a...iver, stream or "ater courae, <br />iooking dOWllstre&~. <br /> <br />Runoff. The quantity of rainfall which flows over the surface to enter the <br />stream as di'charge volume. The difference in quantity between rainfall <br />and runoff represents iosses to infiltration and interception. <br /> <br />Sheet Flow. Broad. shallow overland flood flows varying fr<lID a few inehes <br />to two feet in dcpth. <br /> <br />Stream. Any natu...al channel or depression through which water flows either <br />continuously. intermittently or periodically, including sny artifIcial <br />modification of the natural channel or depreSSIon. <br /> <br />Wstershed. The drainage arcs situated above a speCified poInt on a stream <br />including the area drained by tributary atreams which enter thc main st...eam <br />above thin point. <br /> <br />" <br />