In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
Rachel Carson
If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in Water.
Loren Eiseley (The Immense Journey, 1957)
Gladient Profile
Discharge Graph
Flash Floods ("Sudden onset" floods)
Riverine Floods
Storm Surge
Flood Control
Dams
Urban (large stream) vs. Rural (small streams) perspectiveLevees
Decrease vulnerabilty through prior planning
"watch"
"warning"
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