Definition of flood, 100-year

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flood, 100-year

The term 'flood, 100-year' as it applies to the area of water can be defined as 'A 100-year flood does not refer to a flood that occurs once every 100 years, but to a flood level with a 1 percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year'.

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