Flood-prone

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of floodprone. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "Now NR is examining other trouble spots where rock armour could work, such as stretches of flood-prone track near Abergavenny and Machynlleth."

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"The flood-prone Yangtze river, which runs from Yunnan in the southwest to Jiangsu and Shanghai on the east coast, has seen a massive increase in water volumes, causing flooding in many of its tributaries and bringing water volumes in the giant Three Gorges reservoir close to record levels."

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