spring flood
1spring flood — noun Etymology: Middle English, from spring + flood 1. : spring tide 2. : a flood (as from a river) occurring in the spring season …
2spring flood — pavasario potvynis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Pavasarinio sniego tirpimo lygumose, sniego ir ledynų – kalnuose, lemiamas ilgalaikis upės vandeningumo padidėjimas. atitikmenys: angl. spring flood; spring freshet vok.… …
3spring-flood — …
4spring freshet — pavasario potvynis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Pavasarinio sniego tirpimo lygumose, sniego ir ledynų – kalnuose, lemiamas ilgalaikis upės vandeningumo padidėjimas. atitikmenys: angl. spring flood; spring freshet vok.… …
5Spring Creek (Colorado) — Spring Creek is a tributary of the Cache La Poudre River in the state of Colorado in the United States. Spring Creek begins north of Horsetooth Mountain within Horsetooth Mountain Park just east of Fort Collins, Colorado and flows into Horsetooth …
6flood — n 1 *flow, stream, current, tide, flux Analogous words: *excess, superfluity, surplus: incursion, *invasion 2 Flood, deluge, inundation, torrent, spate, cataract are comparable when they mean a great or overwhelming flow of or as if of water.… …
7spring|tide — «SPRIHNG TYD», noun. = springtime. (Cf. ↑springtime) spring tide, 1. the exceptionally high and low tides which come at the time of the new moon or the full moon, especially the highest level of high tide: »Approximately twice monthly the sun,… …
8spring tide — n. 1. a type of tide that occurs at the time of a new moon or full moon: at these times the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower than the corresponding tides during neap tide because of the gravitational effects of the straight line… …
9flood — floodable, adj. flooder, n. floodless, adj. floodlike, adj. /flud/, n. 1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged. 2. any great outpouring or stream: a flood of tears. 3. the Flood, the universal deluge… …
10Flood 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… …
