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 control in the Netherlands — Without dikes, this part of the Netherlands would be flooded … 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
Green Brook Flood Control Project — Green Brook Flood Control is a flood control project in Somerset County in central New Jersey first proposed in the early 1970s in the wake of two major flooding events: a 1971 flood event and a major flood in August 1973, which ravaged the Green … Wikipedia
Clark County Regional Flood Control District — The Clark County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD) was created in 1985 by the Nevada Legislature allowing Clark County to provide broad solutions to flooding problems. The District has developed plans and so far successfully continued… … Wikipedia
levees and flood control — The system constructed and maintained by government to prevent the overflow of water. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. levees and flood control The system constructed … Law dictionary
Flood (Halo) — infobox VG character name = Flood caption = Halo s Master Chief (left) encounters the Flood on Installation 04. series = Halo Series firstgame = (2001) creator = Robert McLees artist =The Flood are fictional parasitic alien life forms in Bungie s … Wikipedia
Flood — A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge.MSN Encarta Dictionary. [http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861612277 Flood.] Retrieved on 2006 12 28.] In the sense of… … 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
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 (2008 novel) — Flood is the work of hard science fiction author Stephen Baxter. It describes a near future world where deep submarine seismic activity leads to seabed fragmentation, and the opening of deep subterranean reservoirs of water, estimated to equal… … Wikipedia