Climate risk · Rationale

Fluvial flood

Flood, also termed a river flood, characterised by the overflow of a watercourse onto adjacent floodplains when river discharge exceeds channel capacity.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.4; AGROVOC: flooding (c_2980)

Synonyms

river flood, riverine flood

Broader

Flood

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_123 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_123
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_123)