river floods
Banks burst dramatically
River floods occur when a river overflows its banks, inundating surrounding land.
Heavy rainfall, snowmelt, or dam failures can cause water levels to rise beyond the channel's capacity.
Floods may be sudden and destructive or seasonal and predictable—some agricultural systems depend on annual flooding to deposit fertile silt.
The river floods every spring.
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- muddyObscured by silt
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Prolonged water scarcity
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Minimum tide level
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