What are some other factors which affect flooding?
The list is long. There are meteorological variables such snowpack, temperature, precipitation distribution and the intensity and orientation of the jet stream. It includes many natural factors such as soil permeability, initial soil moisture content, ground slope, ground cover and basin size and shape. The activities of people such as paving, clearcutting, road building, farming, stream channelization, and levee and dam building all have effects.
