What is Flood control?
'''Flood control''' is a term to refer to measures that protect [[settlement]]s, [[person|people]] and [[property]] against [[flood]]ing. Such measures include building [[dam]]s, [[levee]]<nowiki/>s and [[weir]]s. People also move away from [[floodplain]]s where flooding is frequent. Although it is not possible to prevent flooding, there are a number of methods people carry out to stop the water coming into their homes or working environments.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flood Defences|url=https://www.flood-defences.org.uk/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.flood-defences.org.uk}}</ref> Simply follow these steps: # Set up flood-barriers # Have flood doors and windows installed if necessary # Set up prevention and reaction solutions ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Elbe-Hochwasser Koetzschenbroder Str Dresden Juni 2013.jpg|A mobile wall protects against the flooding of the river [[Elbe]] in [[Dresden]], in 2013 File:20051201-Bau Hochwasserschutz Urfahr.JPG|A dam is built in [[Linz]], to protect against the flooding of the river [[Danube]], in 2002 File:CINEDOKU VORARLBERG - Rhein - Lustenau - Wiesenrain - Hanno Thurnher Filmproduktion.jpg|The [[Rhine]] in [[Vorarlberg]]: The green strip of grassland is the floodplain File:Lostau Hochwasser 2013-06-09.jpgA [[dike]] is being stanilized, near [[Magdeburg]] File:Hochwasserkatastrophe (8949275545).jpg|Danube flooding, in [[Lower Austria]], in 2013 </gallery> == Related pages == *[[Levee]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Flood control| ]] {{science-stub}}