1). The normal process that floods the plains where deepwater rice is grown. 2). To apply water to the field for the benefit of saturating the soil for land preparation. 3). Establishing and maintaining an irrigated rice crop.
One of the methods of enhanced oil recovery. Water flooding or gas flooding might be considered secondary recovery methods.
The temporary covering of soil with water from overflowing streams, runoff from adjacent slopes, and tides. Frequency, duration, and probable dates of occurrence are estimated. Frequency is expressed as none, rare, occasional, and frequent. None means that flooding is not probable; rare that it is unlikely but possible under unusual weather conditions; occasional that it occurs on an average of once or less in 2 years; and frequent that it occurs on an average of more than once in 2 years. Duration is expressed as very brief if less than 2 days, brief if 2 to 7 days, and long if more than 7 days. Probable dates are expressed in months; November-May, for example, means that flooding can occur during the period November through May. Water standing for short periods after rainfall or commonly covering swamps and marshes is not considered flooding.
overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"
The process of drowning out a well with water.
excess of water on turf resulting from lone watering cycles and/or run-off from higher elevations.
A general and temporary condition of: 1) partial or complete inundation of normally dry land resulting from the overflow of inland and/or coastal waters; and 2) the unusual accumulation of waters from any source.
excessive amounts of liquid being forced into the head of the still because of excessively high pot temperatures.
Overflowing through the filling tube.
The temporary covering of the soil surface by water that flows over it from any source, such as a stream, irrigation canal, tidal action, or runoff from adjacent or surrounding slopes.
Excessive ink on the printing plate.
An overflowing of water beyond its normal confines, and especially over land. Flooding may occur as a result of heavy rainfall and, in spring, as the result of a sudden melting of ice and snow.
A general and temporary condition of 1) partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal water or rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
The inundation of normally dry land by water. Flooding is most common in river valleys or along the coastal areas of lakes, seas and oceans. River floods are caused when a river channel is incapable of carrying the volume of water added to it, and the excess spills over on to the adjacent floodplain. Heavy and prolonged precipitation, snowmelt, channel constrictions, dam failures and alterations to drainage basins may produce or contribute to flooding. Global warming through the increased melting of glaciers and ice sheets, and the subsequent rise in sea level, has the potential to increase the frequency and extent of coastal flooding.
A temporary condition caused by the accumulation of runoff from any source, which exceeds the capacity of a natural or man-made drainage system and results in inundation of normally dry land areas.
A tide rising or moving from low to high water.
Filling with water, regardless of method on ingress, but retaining sufficient buoyancy to remain on the surface.
General and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal waters; and the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
1. Water overflowing the bankfull stage of a natural or artificial waterway. 2. Accumulation of water caused by surface runoff in low-lying areas not usually submerged.