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Freshet synonyms

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cataract
A waterfall in which a large volume of water flows over a steep precipice.
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overflow
(Computers) A condition in which a calculation produces a unit of data too large to be stored in the location allotted to it.
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deluge
A heavy rainfall
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surge
A coastal rise in water level caused by wind.
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flood (related)
The flowing in of water from the sea as the tide rises
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alluvion
Inundation by water; flood.
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downpour
A heavy rain
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inundation
The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
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niagara
A torrent or flood:
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torrent
A swift, violent stream, esp. of water
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spate
A great number or quantity
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big (related)
A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
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cataclysm
A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
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  • In 1878 and again in 1889 it was wrecked by a freshet, and since then has been of little service.'

  • Every year there are, normally, two distinct periods of high water; one an early freshet due mainly to the heavy winter rainfall on the lower river, when the upper river is still frozen hard; the other in the late spring, due to the setting in of rains along the upper courses also, and to the melting of the snow in the mountains.

  • Whenever there is a freshet in Green River the streams in the cave are joined in a continuous body of water, the rise sometimes being 60 ft.

  • In many places there are different channels for high and low water, the latter being partly filled by each freshet, and recut after each subsidence; and the river meanders tortuously through the alluvial bottom in scores of great bends, loops and cut-offs.

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