Flooding and flood hazard in the United Kingdom
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Oxford University Press ,
c1975
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| Series: | Theory and practice in geography
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Table of Contents:
- 1. A brief review of documented floods in the United Kingdom
- 2. The magnitude and frequency of river flooding from peak flow records
- 3. The magnitude and frequency of river flooding from rainfall data: the flood hydrograph
- 4. The flood hazard and the engineer's reaction
- 5. Floods as a part of the dynamic physical system