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(a “flash flood” is a ‘rapid flooding’ of ‘geomorphic low-lying areas’, such as…)
‘washes’
‘rivers’
‘dry lakes’
‘basins’
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(the word “flood” comes from the old english ‘flod’, a word common to ‘germanic languages’)
(german “flut” / dutch “vloed”)
(both from the same root as is seen in “flow” + “float”)
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