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flood map

flood map noun: a map showing how an area would look in case of flooding, or rising sea levels.

Noun

flood map (plural flood maps)

  1. A map showing how an area would look in case of flooding, or rising sea levels.
    • In New York City, property owners seeking to rebound from the storm will have to feel their way through a wilderness of new flood maps, revamped building codes and land-use ordinances, along with a host of other measures addressing the specific needs of storm-battered communities — all of which...2012 December 21, David M. Halbfinger, Charles V. Bagli, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild Now”, in New York Times

Forms of flood map

pluralflood maps
alternative formfloodmap

Questions about flood map

What does flood map mean?
Flood map means a map showing how an area would look in case of flooding, or rising sea levels.
What part of speech is flood map?
Flood map is a noun.
What is the plural of flood map?
The plural of flood map is flood maps.

Words near flood map in the dictionary

  1. flood gate
  2. flood gates
  3. flood geology
  4. flood icing
  5. flood lamp
  6. flood map
  7. flood maps
  8. flood meadow
  9. flood meadows
  10. flood out
  11. flood pants

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