English: flash floodItalian translation: alluvione lampo/improvvisa 
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Science - Geography | | English term or phrase: flash flood | | Of all the different types of flood, the flash flood is the most fearsome |
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| onda di piena / esondazione istantanea
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Document 1
Subject Geology (GO)
Definition a flood of short duration and abrupt rise with a relatively high peak rate of flow, usually resulting from a high intensity of rainfall over a small area; A sudden, brief flood of great volume, most often due to very heavy rains in a given area
Reference ICID ;Multilingual Glossary on Civil Protection 1990,European Commission/Member States Working Party
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TERM flash flood
Reference ICID;Multilingual Glossary on Civil Protection 1990,European Commission/Member States Working Party;Terminology of Forestry,The World Bank,Washington,1987
Definition Inondazione breve e repentina di grande portata, generalmente causata da piogge torrenziali in una determinata zona
Reference Glossario multilingue della protezione civile 1990,Gruppo di lavoro Commissione europea/Stati membri
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TERM piena
Reference Glossario multilingue della protezione civile 1990,Gruppo di lavoro Commissione europea/Stati membri
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TERM onda di piena
Reference Glossario multilingue della protezione civile 1990,Gruppo di lavoro Commissione europea/Stati membri
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TERM esondazione lampo
Reference McGraw-hill,Zanichelli 1989
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TERM esondazione istantanea
Reference McGraw-hill,Zanichelli 1989
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Document 2
Subject Public Administration - Private Administration - Offices (AD)
Geology (GO)
Definition A sudden flood with a high peak discharge.
Reference (1)UNESCO/WMO,Gloss.Hydrology,1992,n.0454
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TERM flash flood
Reference UNESCO/WMO,Gloss.Hydrology,1992,n.0454
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TERM flashflood
Reference Nevada Division of Water Planning, Water Words Dictionary,1997,(http://www. state. nv.us/cnr/ndwp/dict-1),08.1998;after sources(1)and
Definition Piena repentina con punta elevata.
Reference secondo UNESCO/WMO,Gloss.Hydrology,1992,n.0454
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TERM piena improvvisa
Reference TI,Ufficio arginature e estrazioni,2000
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TERM piena istantanea
Reference Meinck/Möhle,Diz.Acque,1994,n.S1643
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TERM piena brusca
Reference ICOLD,Diz.Dighe,1994,n.22.091
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| alluvione lampo/improvvisa
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alluvione lampo/improvvisa, ma molto intensa.
"flash flood (Alluvione-lampo, termine aglosassone per indicare una alluvione violenta che si verifica improvvisamente).
Fonte: http://www.meteogiornale.it/news/read.php?id=7955
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