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    Flood (redirect from Inundation)
    the inundation. That impact may also be adverse in a hydrogeological sense if the inundation lasts a long time. Examples for uncontrolled inundations are...
    65 KB (8,468 words) - 14:49, 17 November 2024
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    The Inundation of Walcheren was the intentional, but uncontrolled military inundation, effected by bombing the sea dikes of the former island of Walcheren...
    34 KB (4,501 words) - 16:39, 11 September 2024
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    during flood events for the purpose of reducing discharge or downstream inundation". Flood control is part of environmental engineering. It involves the...
    58 KB (8,001 words) - 05:36, 18 November 2024
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    ecology. Federal studies revealed that raising the dam would expand the inundation of the river by 39%, adversely affecting its fisheries, habitats, and...
    120 KB (8,192 words) - 08:21, 19 November 2024
  • station was some distance south of the village. Suffering from the 1910 inundation, the station was closed from 15 December 1910 until June 1911; the track...
    22 KB (3,002 words) - 01:09, 20 September 2024
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    Coastal management is defence against flooding and erosion, and techniques that stop erosion to claim lands. Protection against rising sea levels in the 21st...
    55 KB (6,711 words) - 03:24, 11 November 2024
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    (41 ft) with inundation distance of 390–1,500 m (1,280–4,920 ft) in Yala. In Hambantota, run-ups measured 11 m (36 ft) with the greatest inundation distance...
    176 KB (18,791 words) - 02:26, 20 November 2024
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    the horizon just before the sun itself, heralded the start of the Nile inundation, which watered and fertilized Egypt's farmland. Therefore, the Eye of...
    34 KB (5,115 words) - 19:36, 20 August 2024
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    as a boundary for an inundation area. The latter can be a controlled inundation by the military or a measure to prevent inundation of a larger area surrounded...
    32 KB (4,322 words) - 12:49, 18 November 2024
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    all ecosystems in India. Loss of vegetation, salinization, excessive inundation, water pollution, invasive species, excessive development and road building...
    63 KB (681 words) - 06:33, 5 October 2024
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    work: Every year over 2,500 nests are protected against human threats, predation and sea inundation. Nearly 4,000 turtles have been tagged in order to...
    4 KB (512 words) - 17:37, 14 October 2020
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    cities in Florida most at risk of inundation. A 2019 report by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection listed sections of the beach as "critically...
    33 KB (2,265 words) - 22:12, 9 November 2024
  • losses due to non-preventable risks, viz. drought, dry spell, flood, inundation, widespread pests and disease attack, landslides, fire due to natural...
    15 KB (1,724 words) - 11:17, 14 November 2024
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    for reclaiming the Frische Haff. In 1945 retreating Germans ordered the inundation of the Wieringermeer, but it was drained again afterwards and the damage...
    40 KB (5,394 words) - 18:30, 13 November 2024
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    ecological definition of a wetland is "an ecosystem that arises when inundation by water produces soils dominated by anaerobic and aerobic processes,...
    97 KB (12,168 words) - 06:24, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snail darter controversy
    upheld protection under NEPA, Congress passed legislation specifically exempting the snail darter from protection; the dam project and inundation of the...
    14 KB (2,059 words) - 14:27, 21 November 2024
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    Flood of 1929 and in 1955, when it led to the inundation of many properties in North East Valley. Protection works have been built over the years, most notably...
    4 KB (286 words) - 01:32, 7 April 2024
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    direct settling to the marsh surface by the influence of the marsh canopy. Inundation and sediment deposition on the marsh surface is also assisted by tidal...
    84 KB (10,295 words) - 04:06, 13 October 2024
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    predators for many of the species subsequently introduced. The recent, sudden inundation of foreign species has led to severe breakdowns in Australian ecology...
    40 KB (4,614 words) - 13:06, 15 November 2024
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    Property insurance provides protection against most risks to property, such as fire, theft and some weather damage. This includes specialized forms of...
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