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(4126) Average annual damage, Expected annual damage, or Mathematical expectation value of damages
The total flood damage over a long term averaged over all the years. Average annual damage is a frequently used index of flood loss potential, and is generally calculated by estimating the probability of different damage values being experienced (in practice by determining the area under the damage-probability curve).

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