| 100-year flood | Flood that is equalled or exceeded on average once in a hundred years.
= HQ100
fr: la crue centennale
de: das hunderjährliche Hochwasser (=HQ100) |
| advance warning time | Period between the detection of a dangerous process and its arrival at a particular place.
fr: le délai (temps) de préalerte
de: die Vorwarnzeit |
| alarm organization | Set of preparedness measures and devices for issuing and transmitting warnings.
fr: l'organsisation d'alarme
de: die Alarmorganisation |
| catchment (drainage) area | Delimited area with a common outlet for its runoff.
fr: le bassin versant, bassin hydrographique
de: das Einzugsgebiet (-sfläche) |
| cross-section | Section of a stream perpendicular to the main direction of flow.
fr: le profil en travers (transversal)
de: das Querprofil, der Gerinnequerschnitt |
| damage | Negative effect of an event or a process.
fr: le dommage
de: der Schaden |
| design discharge | Flood hydrograph or instantaneous peak discharge that is referred to in the design of a hydraulic structure or river control works.
fr: le débit de projet
de: die Bemessungshochwassermenge |
| discharge | Volume of water flowing through a given channel cross-section in unit time.
fr: le débit
de: die Abflussmenge |
| emergency plan | Description of preparedness measures to be taken during or after an event in order to save people and property.
fr: le plan d'urgence
de: der Notfallplan |
| event documentation | Qualitative and quantitative description of a recent natural event.
fr: documentation de l'événement
de: Ereigniskataster |
