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Desert soil is frequently quite thin and cannot absorb much water. Also, if there has not been rain for a long time, the soil and sand are very slow to absorb water. There is a shortage of plants to absorb water and stabilize the soil . Therefore, if a sudden heavy rain hits an area of desert, the water has no place else to go and quickly fills arroyos causing flash floods.
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What is a flood timberland?
A flood timberland is a flash flood. A flash flood is the rapid flowing of low-lying areas such as rivers, basins, and dry lakes.
What is a flood and a flash flood?
A flood is an instance where an area that is normally dry land is covered in water. This can happen for a number of reasons. A flash flood is a flood that occurs quickly, often covering an area in minutes or seconds.
Does the desert flood at night?
No the desert does not flood at night. Deserts are dry areas with little to no rainfall which makes flooding in the desert an extremely rare occurrence. The primary causes of flooding in the desert are heavy rains from tropical storms flash flooding from thunderstorms and dam or levee failure. However none of these events typically occur during the night.
How does desert pavement move?
Desert pavement does not move unless it is carried away by a flash flood. However, the wind can remove sand surrounding the sand in desert pavement.
How big is a flash flood?
How big can a flash flood be?
How can protect to flash flood?
flash flood wall
Was the Gloucestershire flood a flash flood?
In 2007 in July Glouctestershire was hit by flash flood (a flash flood is a flood that happened really quick due to lots of rain)
What is caused by a single cloudburst?
flash flood
Can there be a flash flood in the north central plains region?
No there is no flash flood.
How much people did the flash flood in wollongong kill?
1 in August 17 1998 flash flood and 1 in March 2011 flash flood
A flood that occurs within a few hours of heavy rain?
That would be called a flash flood.
What desert did Isabelle Eberhardt explore?
Isabelle Eberhardt was a Swiss explorer. She spent most of her life in Algeria and explored the Sahara Desert, dying in a flash flood at the age of 27.
