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<br />~e'~d lass. Tha afFect af atst,uGti0n~, ouch ~~ ~~~,aw bridge
<br />ape~i.~8~ ar b~ii.dir'9s that lie.it tho ~nm th~[Lg~ ..hich '~at",r
<br />,~,l,Jst fic'J.', r~ising t~e 8urf~a" of t.~" ~,~teI: u~stI:,,~m frOt" t~,~
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<br />,loot!, A~ nV~I:flow of l""os, "at "ar~,,;'ly aov~r~j by w..t"" that
<br />"I:8 ",serl OI: u5abls by ",~I1. f"lCOd5 have t~a ,,~gen:ial [;har"cter-
<br />i<lEe.: tho i~,u~o"tian of l~nd i" te"po=~=y; ~r.d :he lane is
<br />""'j"cBnl to "nd in'~ndsteJ by oV6rfiow fra~ s ,ivaI: '" st,,,~~, Dr
<br />an o~€an, la~s, Or otheI: tady of s:anding ~~teI:.
<br />.''''r~~ll~, a "flooc" i~ considered ",s an~ te~p"t~,y
<br />tisa in str~amfla'~ or ztege, twt ~ot tho pondi"<) of ~utf~co
<br />'"~tOt, that I:€~ui ts in si<:jnificant adve,~G affed. in the vicinit,'.
<br />AOVS~SB affs:ts may include d~m~ge~ fr~, ove,flo~ of la~d a,e~~,
<br />te~paI:a~y backwater effect~ in SEwers bnd loc~l drai~";e ch~"nals,
<br />Gr8~ti~n of unsenitery ~o~ditions or ather L~feva,eble situations
<br />by deposition of ;n~teIi"ls if! ~t,,,,,,," chuMels during flood rec~s-
<br />sions, tise of sre>.md w~t..~ cci"doN1t .~ith inCIe~s8d strearr,flo'!.',
<br />~nd othsr problems.
<br />,lood Ctest. The ~exi~Lm etage ~r ~lsvation re~Ghed by t~e waters
<br />of a flood ~l a givsn l"c~tion.
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<br /><lb~ ~~uction.
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<br />]ntoc".",ji"~,, R~cior",l ,loorl, A f1,;'oo h"vi"g ~n ~v"'r~~o fl'GlUency
<br />of OCCCJII:Un~e iO' lh<l a~der of a~ce in lUO y~aI:s d though llie flood
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<br />rray acout i~ sn~ Y'SI:,
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<br />It 15 bsssd 00' 3t~tidi"d ,"n,,1~s~8 of
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<br />F1Qod Pi~i~. Th~ ~~ldtivBiy fi~t ~I:~~ OI: i~~ l~nJe ~j~"inins
<br />t~D ~h"r",d or 0 r:veI:. ~tre"," O<~ ..~terco""ss, or ocean. l~k",
<br />~t olh",' body of u""ncin, ,.,,,te~, '.'hioh h,," "~En or m"l' be ~oc'ao"d
<br />:.y flood~'n~e~.
<br />no",:! Pr"f::l~, A gr~ph sh;,,,,ing the r~lati{]"'~hip or ~'da, ~LrL-'r.f)
<br />ele'iatiar, to lac"tion, ths latter ""n~~~ll, ~xp~~"snd ~" di~tanc.~
<br />above muuth fOI: 8 stres- of ~~~~I: flo,"i~g in Q~ o~"n chnnnel,
<br />It i. ganotally d,a~~ to "how ~urfac€ e:8vatio~ far ~he ~r~st of
<br />~ "p~c~fi~ fiQo~. but m"y bo pN'p,,,,ed for Gonditi~n~ .at a gi.'en
<br />time ao 6t~~'.',
<br />Flood Sbc.e, Tile st~qa CI: el~v"tiur. al ~hi"h ov"I:fla~ of th"
<br />n"turd oan~s af " sh8~rr, ar body of ~,,,t~o be~in~ in the I:",.",h
<br />ar ill',"" in ~h.id', th€,elev~tia" i~ ~<,~s~,~d,
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<br />strea~flQw I:eno,ds ~vail~b1n far the ~ate~shed s~o an~lyses af
<br />rAinfall anrl r~naff cha,,,-cteriatics in tne "geneI:~l region of the
<br />~'ateI:~hed."
<br />LRft or Riqht Bank. Ths ba~k an ~~~ lsft 0, right ~id~ af a riveI:,
<br />$tr~~m. or ~ate,cOCJ,ss, laoking oownst.oa"
<br />Stand,,~d P~ci~ct ,1000, Th~ fload that .~~~ be expectod frc", tha
<br />mo~t ~~vere Cvmbi~tion of meteorolagical a~d h~d~ologic~l ao,-
<br />~itiQ~a th~t is con~iderod raasonably ~h~I:~cteri$tic of t~e ~Ra_
<br />qrophicai are", i~. ~hic;h the craindgs b"sl~ io looated, excluding
<br />extr"mely r~:e ~"'"bi""tiano. P~".~ cisch~r9"s fa~ th."" flu~da ar8
<br />qan"raily "bout ".=::>, to "y':; of the arobablo r'b~.i""H" Flood~ rO!; the
<br />sa~~ b~"il1". Su~h floods, S" us~d by the C~tpS af l~~.in~~ps. "I:a
<br />,~t~I,,jc,L1 ~" f'r",cU,~~blE ~x~re~".i[ms af tho' <legloe "f ptoledion
<br />th"t 3h",,10 t" ~ou~ht In th~ d~si9n af fJ.o"d ~o"t,ol ,"orkc, :hc
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<br />ro~lu'~ ~~ .~i~~ ~"~: ~~ jicac~oa~~,
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<br />IJnd,,~de"rsnco, The lo~;;;~l "oint of e bddy" 0, olh"I: bhCJctCJoe
<br />Over or ""I:c"e a ~iV6r, Gtr~~~., ar ~"ter~<.lu"~e that li""it, th~
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<br />"",,nl"g thI:o~gh ~'"ic;, '~atat nn'!.''', TI,l, i~ lufcirI:~d tc ~" "low
<br />st8s1" in some I:e~io~s,
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