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)


Key words or concepts:
Gladient Profile
Discharge Graph

Flash Floods ("Sudden onset" floods)
Riverine Floods
Storm Surge

Flood Control
Dams
Urban (large stream) vs. Rural (small streams) perspective
Levees
Decrease vulnerabilty through prior planning
"watch"
"warning"

Useful links:

Earth Science Picture of the Day


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