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Page 188
... flood , high - water stage in which water over- flows its natural or artificial banks onto nor- mally dry land , such as a river inundating its floodplain . The effects of floods on the well- being of man range from unqualified ...
... flood , high - water stage in which water over- flows its natural or artificial banks onto nor- mally dry land , such as a river inundating its floodplain . The effects of floods on the well- being of man range from unqualified ...
Page 189
... flood is thereby reduced because the park can be reconstructed at a relatively low cost . flood routing , prediction and recording of the shape , movement , and magnitude of a flood wave as it proceeds downstream . The upstream ...
... flood is thereby reduced because the park can be reconstructed at a relatively low cost . flood routing , prediction and recording of the shape , movement , and magnitude of a flood wave as it proceeds downstream . The upstream ...
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... flood epic parallels 10 : 191g Mesopotamian historical research 15 : 618a -Near East mythic substratum 12 : 917d Old Testament parallel to Flood story 2 : 899h -origin , themes , and Greek parallels 6 : 908d religious myth epigraphic ...
... flood epic parallels 10 : 191g Mesopotamian historical research 15 : 618a -Near East mythic substratum 12 : 917d Old Testament parallel to Flood story 2 : 899h -origin , themes , and Greek parallels 6 : 908d religious myth epigraphic ...
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