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Meaning of flood stage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The elevation at which water overflows the natural banks of a river or other body of water in a given portion of the body of water.

Examples

“The town flooded when the waters were just three feet over flood stage when the sandbags were washed away in three locations.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

flood test flood tide flood water flood-tide flood, flooding floodage