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rivers provide easy travel and access to commerce and industry

Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river, lake, or ocean, in which the water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries,[4] or it may occur due to an accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground in an areal flood

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cities and towns built on waterbodies or with in frastruture desiged around historical rlinfall patterns are increaicalingly susceptible to flooding

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry