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The time can vary. It could take hours with the water slowly rising every hour or it could take seconds with a wall of water overtaking everything in its path.
Every body of water floods once in a while.
river meandered and overflowed when there was alot of water.
A flash flood. These occur rapidly and are exceptionally dangerous due to the speed and force of the water.
flood water is just when it rains for such a long time and the ground can't soak up the need water to matain the flood water
"Crest" means the highest the water level is expected to get. "Flood stage" is the water level where the river is over it's banks, hence "flooding". A river can crest below, at, or above it's flood stage. It can crest three inches above flood stage (innocuous) or fifteen feet above flood stage (a disaster). Or anywhere in between. Or below flood stage. Every river, every spring, is different.
A flood is when the water comes out of its normal path.
The Boscastle flood occurred on August 16, 2004, and lasted for a few hours. The intense rainfall caused a sudden surge of water that flooded the village of Boscastle in Cornwall, UK, with water levels rising rapidly and causing extensive damage.
flood can hapen gradually and take over hours or can even happen suddenly due to heavy rains ,breach of the water storage and control stucture ,spillover , storm surge
Egyptians want it to flood every year so they can have enough water to cause the soil to dampen to produce vegetables, fruits, trees, etc. Hope this helps, (by the way, if you wanted to know how I got the answer, well in it's in my textbook... :] ....)