International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage



(4111) Floodplain encroachment
The unplanned development of structures such as hutments, facilities, buildings, road and rail road embankments, bridge approaches, or other impediments within a floodplain, with the result that its flood discharge capacity is reduced, and flooding aggravated.

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