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Flash Flood is a sudden water covering of land surface not normally covered by water as a result of localized high rainfall intensity (Collier in Q J Roy Meteorol Soc 133:3–23, 2007).
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Abushandi, E. (2018). Flood Water Management in Arid Regions, Case Studies: Wadi Al Jizzi, Oman, Wadi Abu Nsheifah, Saudi Arabia, and Wadi Dhuleil, Jordan. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_526
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