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Lesson 5 what causes flooding洪水是怎样形成的 What causes flooding? The basic cause is excessive runoff from catchment s into river systems incapable of carrying this extra volume. Can science and technology prevent flooding or, at least, reduce its severity ? Unfortunately, this is a complex problem to which as yet there is no very satisfactory solution.洪水是怎样形成的？根本的原因是流域内过多的径流汇入河系，超过了河系的承载能力。科学技术能防止洪水发生吗？或者至少能降低洪水的危害吗？遗憾的是，这是一个迄今为止还没有满意答复的复杂问题。 Let us consider first the reduction of runoff from catchment areas. Some regions have soils which have low absorbing capacity. In a heavy rainstorm such soil