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'''Floodway delineation''' is the process by which an area is marked for use as a floodway. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines a floodway as follows: | '''Floodway delineation''' is the process by which an area is marked for use as a floodway. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines a floodway as follows: | ||
<blockquote>A "Regulatory Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fema.gov/floodway|title=Floodway|publisher=Federal Emergency Management Agency|accessdate=January 10, 2018|date=July 18, 2017}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>A "Regulatory Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fema.gov/floodway|title=Floodway|publisher=Federal Emergency Management Agency|accessdate=January 10, 2018|date=July 18, 2017}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
==Floodway== | |||
The Floodway tool in SMS | |||
===Floodway dialog=== | |||
[[File:Floodway dialog in SMS.png|thumb|right|The ''Floodway'' dialog in SMS]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Floodway delineation is the process by which an area is marked for use as a floodway. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines a floodway as follows:
A "Regulatory Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height.[1]
Floodway
The Floodway tool in SMS
Floodway dialog
References
- ^ "Floodway". Federal Emergency Management Agency. July 18, 2017. https://www.fema.gov/floodway. Retrieved on January 10, 2018.
