Flood can be characterized by the following attributes:

1.

Triggering factors

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3.

Spatial occurrence
Duration of the event

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5.

Time of onset
Frequency

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7.

Magnitude
Secondary events

These characteristics can help in categorization of different types and levels of floods as
well as it enables us to compare different hazards with each other. Simply, these
characteristics can be translated as what, when, where, why, how, how much and who.