water levels
How high floods
Water levels measure how high water stands in a body of water, container, or system.
The term appears in discussions of floods, droughts, and reservoirs: Water levels in the lake dropped six feet during the drought.
A water level is also a tool using liquid in a tube to establish a horizontal plane—water finds its own level.
- floodsOverflowing onto dry land
- submergenceBeing covered by liquid
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- depthDistance below surface
- gaugeStandard of measurement
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Minimum tide level
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Volume through per time
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