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Watercourse

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-000256

A watercourse means only the channel and banks of an identifiable watercourse, and not the adjoining floodplain areas. The flood carrying capacity of a watercourse refers to the flood carrying capacity of the channel (except in the case of alluvial fans, where a channel is not typically defined).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-000256
FieldInsurance and risk management
SubjectNational Flood Insurance Program
ReferencesFEMA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000256",
  "term": "Watercourse",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A watercourse means only the channel and banks of an identifiable watercourse, and not the adjoining floodplain areas. The flood carrying capacity of a watercourse refers to the flood carrying capacity of the channel (except in the case of alluvial fans, where a channel is not typically defined).",
  "subject": "National Flood Insurance Program",
  "references": [
    "FEMA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/watercourse/"
}

Record 256 of 272 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.