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<br />, <br /> <br />GLOSSARY ()~ TERMS <br /> <br />Bearino <br /> <br />Flood Profile <br />A qraDh showlnq the relationshIp of water s~rface elevation <br />to 10c;'I+lon, the latter oenerally expre~5ed as dlstdnce ahov" moutl'! for <br />a stream of wate..flowlno In an open channel. It is 'lenerallydra'o'o to <br />show surface elevation for the crest of a specifIc flood, but may be <br />prepared for conditions at a (lIven time or s+aqe. <br /> <br />The Horilontal an'lUlilr m"'lsurement of a line, indenrees, <br />nas+ or west of a nnrtn-soufh....f",."nce I In... <br /> <br />Flood <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />An overflow on Innds not normally covered hv water and that <br />USOd Or usabl", by ",,,n. rl=<ishavetwoBSSet'ltiilICharacteristlcs: <br />inu~ation of land is t~norarv: and tho land Is adjacent to and <br /> <br />FIOOdStaqe <br />The staqe or elevatIon at which overflow of the natural bankS <br />of a stream or body of w~ter l>eq Ins In the re~ch or area in which the <br />elev~tlon Is measured, <br /> <br />'"' <br /> <br />inundated byoverflowfrOl'1a rlvororstraa01oranocean, lake or other <br />body 01 stand i no w~ter, <br /> <br />H.....dLoss <br /> <br />Normallyatlood Is considered as anv temnorarv rise in stream- <br />flow or ~taon. hut not the oondin~ of surface wator. that results in <br />sioniflcant ~dverse effpets in the vicinity. Advor~e offects ~av include <br />d,~ma"'es 'rom overf 101< 0/ land areas, temporarv backwlfter 91'ects in sewers <br />and local dra I na~e channel s, cre~tlon of un~~nlt<lry conditions or other <br />untavor~ble situations by deposition of materials In slream channels durlnq <br />flood rocessions, use of nround water coincident with incre".,ed stre~mllow, <br /> <br />The effect of obstructions, SuCh as narrOw brldne openlnqs or <br />bulldlnqsthat limit the area through which w"termust flow, rais inClth!l <br />surface of the water upstre"m from the obstructlan, <br /> <br />Flood Crest <br />The ~xi~um ~taQe or elev~tion re~ched bv the waters of a <br /> <br />Intermediate ReCllonal FlOOd <br />A flOOd havlnq a nne parcent orobablllty of nccurranca In any <br />yeararanaveraaefrequencvofoccurrencelntheorderofoncelnl00 <br />y''''''.5, n.e flood may occur jn d"Y ytMr, It is b~s!ld on statistical <br />"nalysls of streamflow rocords "nd analyses of r"lnfall ~nd runoff <br />characteristics In the aeneral region of the watershed, <br /> <br />and other oroble",s. <br /> <br />Left Bank <br /> <br />flond ~t a niven loc~tion, <br /> <br />F!ocdPIJin <br />Therolativalvflatilreaorlowl"ndsadlolninnthech>Jnnel <br />ofarlvcr,stre","orwatercourseoroC<"do,lakeorothorhodvof <br />standino water, whiCh h~s been or "'<IV he covered hv '100<1 wator. <br /> <br />The bank an the left side of " river, stream or water course, <br />looklnqdownstre"m, <br /> <br />Reference PoInt <br />A ou...beradoolnt Identlfvinn 11 soeciflc location far <br />correl~tlnq the data shown In variouS forms throuohout the rerort, <br /> <br />2'1 <br /> <br />30 <br />