Gradually flood control measures were developed to reduce the disruption caused by periodic floods (e.g. the stone weir further down the course).

These periodic floods have the effect of refilling, in part, the ancient lake.

Mexico City suffered from periodic floods; in 1604 the lake flooded the city, with an even more severe flood following in 1607.

The final scenes show red kangaroos bounding through a flooded forest - without periodic floods, the trees would not survive.

Levees built to protect the farms created conditions that have led to periodic floods.

Today, we still struggle with periodic floods that continue to wreak havoc on communities.

Due to the lack of dykes, there were periodic floods.

While the plant is surrounded by a system of levees to protect it from the river's periodic floods, this one was too high.

Coca is grown in most of those valleys, which are also exposed to periodic floods.

Agriculture was at the mercy of the rough climate and periodic floods of the Mississippi.