Climate risk · Rationale

Pluvial flood

Flood characterised by surface-water accumulation and waterlogging caused by rainfall exceeding the infiltration and drainage capacity of the land, independent of overflow from a watercourse.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.11 (pluvial flooding); AGROVOC: waterlogging (c_8333)

Synonyms

surface-water flood, waterlogging

Broader

Flood

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_124 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_124
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_124)