flood maps
Deluge risk diagrams
Flood maps are official documents showing areas at risk of flooding, typically produced by government agencies for insurance and planning purposes.
They designate flood zones based on probability—a 100-year floodplain has a 1% annual chance of flooding.
Property owners in high-risk zones often must carry flood insurance: The flood maps put our house in a special hazard area.
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- waterClear essential liquid
- elevationHeight above reference point
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
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- Australian Mapscolonial boundaries, boundary lines, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia
- floodsdeluge, floodgate, rising waters, overflow, levee breach
- Mappingcompass rose, GPS, latitude, longitude, north
- flood controllevee, levees, dike, dikes, dykes
- Dutch Mapspolders, city plans
- British mapsroad atlas, street atlas, British Isles, atlases, English counties
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