flood basin

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• Flood forecasting — is the use of real time precipitation and streamflow data in rainfall runoff and streamflow routing models to forecast flow rates and water levels for periods ranging from a few hours to days ahead, depending on the size of the watershed or river …   Wikipedia

• Flood Control Act of 1965 — The Flood Control Act of 1965, Title II of USPL|89|298, was enacted on October 27, 1965, by the 89th Congress and authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct numerous flood control projects.… …   Wikipedia

• Flood bypass — A flood bypass is a region of land or a large man made structure that is designed to convey excess flood waters from a river or stream in order to reduce the risk of flooding on the natural river or stream near a key point of interest, such as a… …   Wikipedia

• flood — floodable, adj. flooder, n. floodless, adj. floodlike, adj. /flud/, n. 1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged. 2. any great outpouring or stream: a flood of tears. 3. the Flood, the universal deluge… …   Universalium

• Flood control in the Netherlands — Without dikes, this part of the Netherlands would be flooded …   Wikipedia

• Flood Control Act of 1944 — The Pick Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 (P.L. 78–534), enacted in the 2nd session of the 78th Congress, is U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of thousands of dams and levees across the United States. It led to the establishment of …   Wikipedia

• Flood Control Act of 1917 — The Flood Control Act of 1917 ( Ransdell Humphreys Flood Control Act of 1917 , Ch 144, USStat|39|948, enacted March 1, 1917 [ [http://www.mvd.usace.army.mil/mrc/history/AppendixD.htm Flood Control Act of 1917, USACE Mississippi Valley Division] ] …   Wikipedia

• Flood Control Acts, 1936, 1944 —    Following a series of major floods, including one in Mississippi in 1927 and Ohio in 1933, and concern about soil erosion, flooding was recognized as a national issue requiring federal involvement. This led to the passage of the Flood Control… …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

• basin —     a) Drainage basin.     b) A low area in the Earth s crust, of tectonic origin, in which sediments have accumulated.    GG.     c) (colloquial: western USA) A general term for the nearly level to gently sloping, bottom surface of an… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• flood-plain playa —    A landform consisting of very low gradient, broad, barren, axial stream channel segments in an intermontane basin. It floods broadly and shallowly and is veneered with barren fine textured sediment that crusts. Commonly, a flood plain playa is …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• flood control —   measures used to reduce the frequency and the magnitude of flooding. Two approaches:   hard engineering projects which build up banks, straighten and deepen channels, divert channels, build overflow channels or dam rivers altogether all… …   Geography glossary