floodiness

French translation: risque d\'inondation

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English term or phrase:floodiness
French translation:risque d\'inondation
Entered by: Jacek Sierakowski

06:29 Dec 7, 2018
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Meteorology / flood preparedness
English term or phrase: floodiness
Floodiness in wetter climates of western and central Africa and Madagascar shows the strongest relationship with measures of the intensity of seasonal rainfall. Measures of rainfall patterns, such as the length of dry spells, are least related to seasonal floodiness across the continent.
Jacek Sierakowski
Belgium
Local time: 12:27
risque d'inondation
Explanation:

we introduce the concept of floodiness to represent flood hazard
https://www.preventionweb.net/files/45270_171.pdf

Construire des résidences de qualité et adaptées au risque inondation
http://www.georisques.gouv.fr/tags/risque-inondation
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ph-b (X)
France
Local time: 12:27
Grading comment
Merci.
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3 +2risque d'inondation
ph-b (X)
4zones inondables
Marcombes (X)


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
risque d'inondation


Explanation:

we introduce the concept of floodiness to represent flood hazard
https://www.preventionweb.net/files/45270_171.pdf

Construire des résidences de qualité et adaptées au risque inondation
http://www.georisques.gouv.fr/tags/risque-inondation

ph-b (X)
France
Local time: 12:27
Native speaker of: French
Grading comment
Merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FX Fraipont (X)
33 mins
  -> Merci

agree  B D Finch: Afraid I find the coinage "floodiness" quite cringeworthy! There's the perfectly good expression "flood-prone" that they could have used.
2 hrs
  -> Merci. Moi aussi, ça me hérisse, mais on devrait avoir l'habitude maintenant : textes mal écrits et pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ?
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
zones inondables


Explanation:
les zones inondables saisonnières, qui peuvent atteindre 90 dans le Bassin du Lac, jouent un rôle important dans son écologie

Marcombes (X)
France
Local time: 12:27
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