CATASTROPHIC FLOOD

  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

CATASTROPHIC FLOOD

Specialty Definition: CATASTROPHIC FLOOD

DomainDefinition

Geography

A flood due to meteorological conditions of exceptional rarity, and due either to catastrophical rainfall spread over a period considerably longer than the time of concentration for the area, or to violent rain of the cloud burst type. Source: European Union. (references)

Public Administration

A flood that inflicts heavy damage. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Crosswords: CATASTROPHIC FLOOD

Specialty definitions using "CATASTROPHIC FLOOD": glacier burst, glacier flood, Glacier outburst floodjökulhaup,glacier outburst flood. (references)

Top     

Modern Translation: CATASTROPHIC FLOOD

Language Translations for "CATASTROPHIC FLOOD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

catastrofale waterstand. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

katastrofitulva. (various references)

   

French

  

crue catastrophique. (various references)

   

German

  

Katastrophenhochwasser (disastrous flood). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καταστροφική πλημμύρα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

piena catastrofica (disastrous flood). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atastrophiccay oodflay

   

Portuguese

  

cheia catastrófica. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

avenida catastrófica. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

katastrofhögvattenflöde, katastrofhögvattenföring. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Anagrams: CATASTROPHIC FLOOD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-f-h-i-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"

-5 letters: catastrophic, postdoctoral.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.