Because of oscillating water levels and regular floods, many settlements are built on stilts (Palafitas).
The town experiences regular floods usually in the month of May.
Flash floods are distinguished from a regular flood by a timescale of less than six hours.
Rather, they stand in solidarity with one another during the regular floods of the Drina.
The town is subject to regular floods and is protected by a levee bank.
But when the river flowed naturally, regular floods carried silt from the heartland into the marshes, maintaining their elevation.
Industrial development of the 19th century was slow, due to the regular floods.
No doubt they were expected to wash away with the regular seasonal floods, for they could certainly be "rebuilt"-if that wasn't too grand a term-easily enough.
The small River Chelt flows under and through the town and is subject to regular floods.
Only regular floods of muddy water can replenish the sediment and keep the landscape above water.