flooding
Rivers breaching their banks
Flooding is an overflow of water onto normally dry land.
Rivers flood when rainfall exceeds their capacity; coastal areas flood from storm surges.
The word extends to any overwhelming influx: The company was flooded with applications.
In psychology, flooding is a therapeutic technique that confronts patients with intense exposure to what they fear.
Overwhelming surge of water
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- runoffExcess water drainage
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- tributaryStream entering larger river
confluence · basin · fluvial · alluvium · siltation · estuary · riparian · meander
Exceed capacity and spill
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
- saturationState of complete permeation
- spilloverExcess that escapes
overabundance · deluge · inundate · swamp · overwhelm · overload · barrage · avalanche
Violent rushing flow
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- rainstormHeavy precipitation event
surge · gush · inrush · spate · outpouring · cascade · rush · flash
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- emergencySerious sudden danger
relief · rescue · recovery · crisis · humanitarian · aftermath · shelter · survivors
Waterlogged land with vegetation
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- fenLow marshy ground
bayou · moor · bottomland · delta · backwater · waterlogged · saturated · polder
Below water's surface
- underwaterBelow the surface
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- drownedDied by submersion
swamped · waterlogged · saturated · soaked · drenched · wading · knee-deep · waist-deep
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- runoffExcess water drainage
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
tributary · confluence · basin · fluvial · alluvium · siltation · estuary · riparian · meander · oxbow
overflow
Exceed capacity and spill
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
- saturationState of complete permeation
spillover · overabundance · deluge · inundate · swamp · overwhelm · overload · barrage · avalanche · torrent
torrent
Violent rushing flow
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
rainstorm · surge · gush · inrush · spate · outpouring · cascade · rush · flash · overflow
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- displacementRemoval from usual location
emergency · relief · rescue · recovery · crisis · humanitarian · aftermath · shelter · survivors · fatalities
swamp
Waterlogged land with vegetation
fen · bayou · moor · bottomland · delta · backwater · waterlogged · saturated · polder · mangrove
submerged
Below water's surface
- underwaterBelow the surface
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
drowned · swamped · waterlogged · saturated · soaked · drenched · wading · knee-deep · waist-deep · immersed
- global challengesclimate change, global warming, pollution, extinction, deforestation
- monsoon seasonrain, rainfall, monsoon, showers, heavy rain
- Nile RiverNile River, White Nile, Blue Nile, Egypt, Sudan
- rainy seasonrain, monsoon, rainfall, wet season, rainy season
- swamp ecosystemcypress, mangrove, tupelo, alligator, crocodile
- water actionswatering, soaking, spraying, dripping, moistening
floodingdrought
Prolonged water scarcity
desiccation · aridity · drying · water scarcity · parching
floodingdraining
Depleting one's reserves
drainage · emptying · ebbing · pumping out · receding
floodingfiltering
Selective passage of elements
throttling · restricting · limiting · metering · rationing
- flash floodingRapid overflow from storms
- coastal floodingSeawater overtaking shore areas
- basement floodingWater entering lowest level
- tidal floodingOcean overflow onto land
- river floodingWaterway overflowing its banks
- spring floodingSeasonal water overflow from snowmelt
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