What is a flood?

Question

could some one plz explane what a flood is in a short summary

Answer 1

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land

An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.

Answer 2

1.  An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.

   2. A flood tide.

   3. An abundant flow or outpouring: received a flood of applications. See synonyms at flow.

   4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.

   5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah.

Answer 3

It is defined by the Oxford dictionary as being :

noun 1 an overflow of a large amount of water over dry land. 2. the inflow of the tide.

  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€Â¢ verb 1 cover or become covered with water in a flood. 2 (of a river) become swollen and overflow its banks.

Answer 4

a flood is when it rains for a long time OR it rains a whole bunch in a short time and there is water every where some times so bad that people have to get on top of their roof

Answer 5

a folld is a natural or a man made calamity that basically occur in coastal plains due to disturbances in tide flow, earthquakes, current disturbancs. etc.

due to man made activities :

deforestation, construction etc.

for more info go to

http://geography4kids.com

which is not actually for kids!

Answer 6

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge.[1] In the sense of "flowing water", the word is applied to the inflow of the tide, as opposed to the outflow or "ebb".

It is usually due to the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake, exceeding the total capacity of the body, and as a result some of the water flows or sits outside of the normal perimeter of the body. It can also occur in rivers, when the strength of the river is so high it flows right out of the river channel , usually at corners or meanders. These of course, are not applicable in such instances as sea flooding.

The word comes from the Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float.

Answer 7

When rivers overflow, they deposit sediments on the flat land alongside the riverbanks. The flat land can be in a valley or on a plain. It is called the floodplain. All rivers have floodplains. These plains can spread out hundreds of miles from a river. People build farms and towns on floodplains because the sediments deposited on the plains are fertile and make great farmland. If the river overflows its banks, however, the farms and towns get flooded.

Answer 8

Flood 1) a place cover by water (liquid)