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Definition of Floods
1. flood [v] - See also: flood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floods
Literary usage of Floods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1902)
"The floods of China are caused by the heavy rains which result from the ...
These floods, and the consequent famines, are of frequent occurrence and result ..."
2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1878)
"Of the floods and Inundations of the World.—Contd. AD 564 England. Great rain
floods. ... Great floods from tempest; followed by plague. 634 Ireland. ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"floods WATERWAYS AND HARBORS walder Talsperre und Bericht über das erste ...
floods. The Flood of March, 1907, in the Sacramento and San Joaquín River ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"JR F '16 floods Benefit of floods. Sunset 36:31 Mr "16 Desolation of Otay valley.
... WJL Kiehl. il Sei Am 114:235 Mr 4 '16 Western floods. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"floods are generally largest in the winter months, for, owing to the absence of
evaporation, a much larger proportion of rainfall finds its way into the ..."
6. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1904)
"Causes of the floods.—A merely casual inspection of the rain chart for the month
of May, 1903 (see Chart XV), will suffice, in a general way at least, ..."
7. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"THE great interest now taken in tho subject of river floods, ... Since the subject
of " floods on the Thames " is likely to be dealt with at an early date ..."
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