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Mainstream flooding
Scope Note
Inundation of normally dry land that occurs when water overflows the natural or artificial banks of the principal watercourses in a catchment. Mainstream flooding generally excludes watercourses constructed with pipes or artificial channels considered as stormwater channels.  

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