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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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flood, the flow of the tidal stream as it rises from the ending of the period of
slack water at low
tide to the start of the period of slack water at high tide. Its period is about six hours which is divided into three parts of about two hours each, the first two hours being known as the young flood, the middle two hours as the main flood, and the last two as the last of the flood. An approximate rule for both the amount of the rise and speed of the flow of a flood tide for each of the six hours of the period of tide is
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12 for the first hours,
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12 for the second,
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12 for the third and fourth,
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12 for the fifth, and
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12 for the sixth.
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Floods.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 3/21/2008; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 6/19/2003; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union; 3/13/1998; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 2/17/2007; ; 700+ words
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PR Newswire; 9/30/2002; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/22/1999; 700+ words
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Floods and Flood Control
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
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Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
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flood
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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floods
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
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flash floods
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...typify many flash-flood hazard areas. Flash floods on alluvial fans are...result in serious flash floods. Two flash-flood case studies Rapid...of the worst flash floods are not recognized...Europe most flash-flood deaths occur in cars...
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