annual flood

collocation in English

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annual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæn.ju.əl/us
/ˈæn.ju.əl/
happening once ...
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flood
noun
uk
/flʌd/us
/flʌd/
a large amount of water covering an area that is ...
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(Definition ofannualandfloodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In their natural state, floodplains support diverse wildlife habitats, fisheries, and forests, whose productivity depend critically on theannualfloodcycle.
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Ayres (1993) also correlated different forest types with theannualfloodlevel.
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Theannualfloodalso required close monitoring of the water level.
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In years when the height of theannualfloodof the river is sufficient, water flows from the river into the lake.
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His priests were involved in rituals to ensure the steady levels of flow required from theannualflood.
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However,annualfloodcontrol reservations vary with the amount of snowpack in the 2440mi2 km2 drainage basin above the dam.
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With the disappearance of theannualfloodand heavy year-round irrigation, groundwater levels remained high with little fluctuation leading to waterlogging.
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For more than 200 km downstream theannualfloodcycle dominates the natural environment and human life, society and culture.
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This approach provides a realistic series of simulated hydrographs by accounting for both the fluctuations and the random component in annual floods.
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The annual floods create a variation of floodplain vegetation and succession throughout the park.
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During the 1950s and earlier annual floods during the snow melt were often experienced, but better farming techniques now make flooding rare.
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Annual floods and migrations of river bed through the floodlands discouraged capital construction.
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Her skills were necessary for surveying the land after the annual floods to reestablish boundary lines.
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As life expectancy increased, the limitations of land and the annual floods increasingly became constraints on economic growth.
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The plan would reclaim swampland and control the river's annual floods, making large-scale farming possible.
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These houses are usually built on the highest ground to avoid the annual floods.
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During the annual floods, deciduous forests are the only places where there is dry ground.
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High rainfall, deforestation, and other factors which have resulted in annual floods.
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Flash floods after unusually heavy rain cause damage when they occur in places that do not experience annual floods.
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The town has an area of around 70 ha and during the annual floods becomes an island that is accessed by causeways.
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