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• In hydrologic terms,

  (1) A graph showing the number of times per year on the average, plotted as abscissa, that floods of magnitude, indicated by the ordinate, are equaled or exceeded.

  (2) A similar graph but with recurrence intervals of floods plotted as abscissa.

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  Cite Definition for Flood Frequency Curve

  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Flood Frequency Curve. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/flood-frequency-curve.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Flood Frequency Curve. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/flood-frequency-curve (accessed: April 2, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Flood Frequency Curve." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 2 April. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/flood-frequency-curve.

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