C9

What do you call water from a river that comes up and covers low land when the river is high?

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

FLOODWATER	5
HIGH WATER	3
FLOOD	2
“A BIG PROBLEM, FLOODING”	1
SLOUGH	1

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