Überschwemmung

Related words

• Schwemme

  Deluge, Flood

• Regenzeit

  Rainy season

• Sündflut

  Great Flood, Deluge

• Starkregen

  heavy rain

• Aue

  Floodplain meadow

• anhaltend

  Persistent, continuous, sustained

• Aue

  Floodplain meadow

• Flut

  A flood is a large amount of water covering normally dry land; also used figuratively for a large amount of something.

• Au

  A floodplain is a flat, often wet area along a river or lake that is regularly flooded.

• Hochwasser

  Flood

• Monsunzeit

  Monsoon season

• Kalamität

  A calamity is a serious disaster, emergency, or catastrophe.

• Hydrologie

  hydrology

• Kanalreinigung

  Sewer cleaning

• Naturgewalt

  Natural disaster

• Sturzflut

  flash flood

• Überflutung

  Flooding is a situation where a normally dry area is covered with water, often due to heavy rain or overflowing rivers.

• abstauen

  To dam up

• Cholera

  Cholera

• Rheininundationskollektenkasse

  Rhine flood collection fund

• Damm

  dam

• Flusskontrolle

  Flood control

• Sintflut

  Deluge

• Deichbruch

  Levee breach

• Flutkatastrophe

  Flood disaster

• Schlammschicht

  A layer of mud is a deposit of mud, often at the bottom of a body of water or on a surface.

• Entwässerungsanlage

  drainage system

• Abflusskanal

  Drainage channel

• abfliessen

  to drain

• umlenken

  Redirect

• veranlasst

  caused

Example sentences with “Überschwemmung”

1. Nach dem Starkregen kam es zu einer Überschwemmung. (After the heavy rain, there was a flood.)

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