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The Water Cycle
5.5 - Flooding
Types and causes of flooding
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Meteorological causes of flooding
A Level > Geography > The Water Cycle > 5.5 - Flooding > Types and causes of flooding
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Groundwater flooding
Flooding
that occurs after the ground has become
saturated
from
prolonged heavy rainfall.
Surface water flooding
Flooding that occurs when intense
rainfall
has
insufficient
time to
infiltrate soil
, so flows
overland.
Flash flooding
A flood with an exceptionally
short
lag time
- often
minutes
or
hours.
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