pluvial

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There has also been pluvial - or surface water - flooding, which is a direct result of intense or prolonged rainfall that overwhelms drainage systems.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Averaged out at the global scale, the team found that 15.46% of all meteorological droughts were succeeded by a pluvial the following season.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

The flash flooding—experts call it pluvial flooding—that hit Zhengzhou, in contrast, showed how quickly torrential downpours can turn deadly in a densely packed modern city.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 29, 2021

Two of the largest pluvial lakes were Lake Bonneville and Lake Lahontan.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

It is difficult to settle the precedence between this splendid piece of church decoration and the rival pluvial of Bologna in the Museo Civico, said to have come from the church of San Giacomo.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess