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

• Flood control — For the protocol issue, see Flood control (communications). A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood control refers to all methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of… …   Wikipedia

• Flood myth — Great Flood redirects here. For other uses, see Great Flood (disambiguation). The Deluge , frontispiece to Gustave Doré s illustrated edition of the Bible. Based on the story of Noah s Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood… …   Wikipedia

• flood water — Waters which escape from stream or other body of water and overflow adjacent territory, under conditions which do not usually occur. Everett v. Davis, 18 Cal.2d 289, 115 P.2d 821, 823, 824. Flood water is the extraordinary overflow of rivers and… …   Black's law dictionary

• flood water — Waters which escape from stream or other body of water and overflow adjacent territory, under conditions which do not usually occur. Everett v. Davis, 18 Cal.2d 289, 115 P.2d 821, 823, 824. Flood water is the extraordinary overflow of rivers and… …   Black's law dictionary

• flood channel — The channel of a river when swollen by rains and melting snows, extending over the bottom lands along the regular channel. Cole v Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Co. 20 Okla 227, 94 P 540 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Cymbrian flood — The Cymbrian flood (or Cimbrian flood) was a large scale incursion of the sea in the region of the Jutland peninsula in the period 120 to 114 BC, resulting in a permanent alteration of the coastline with much land lost. This disaster killed many …   Wikipedia

• Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act — The United States Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 (USPL|83|566) has been amended several times.Under this Act, the Soil Conservation Service at the Department of Agriculture provides planning assistance and construction… …   Wikipedia

• Great Dayton Flood — The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 flooded Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding area with water from the Great Miami River, causing the greatest natural disastercite web |url=http://www.miamiconservancy.org/about/1913.asp|title=The History of the MCD:… …   Wikipedia

• Operation Flood — was a rural development programme started by India s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970. One of the largest of its kind, the programme objective was to create a nationwide milk grid. It resulted in making India the largest producer… …   Wikipedia

• Great Flood of 1881 — The Great Flood of 1881 refers to flooding events on the Missouri River during the spring of 1881. The flood struck Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa between April 1, 1881 and April 27, 1881. The events provided the first detailed… …   Wikipedia