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TeachMeFinance.com - explain 100-year Flood 100-year Flood The term '100-year Flood' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' A statistic that indicates the magnitude of flood which can be expected to occur on average with a frequency of once every 100 years at a given point or reach on a river. The 100-year flood is usually developed from a statistical distribution that is based on historical floods. This is also called a base flood'.

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