Mafashamo, guwe, makuwe kana guve (floods, not merely a flooded river) zvinoreva mvura zhinji inonaya ichizadza rwizi nokufashukira ichidarika mahombekombe erwizi yosvika painofukamira dunhu rakakomberedza rwizi. Dambo reMafashamo (Flood plain) Kune rwizi runonzi Rwizi Nyaguwe. Makotorodzi kana makukumidzi (driftwood) apa kureva matanda nemarara anokukurutswa nerwizi. Ndambi (flood) izwi reChiNdau rinoreva mafashamo. Genesis 7:6, Noah waiya aane makore mazana matanhatu (600) apo pakauya mvura yendambi padera penyika. - (kubva muBhaibheri reChiNdau Fashamo (Overflow of river or dam) kureva apo dhamhu rininge rorasira. Kufukaidza, kufukamira kana kufukaira (1. Flood, 2. Innundate,3. Cover with water) mazwi anoreva kuti mvura yazara pamusoro penyika seguwe kana mafashamo. Vamwe vatauri vanoti kufukanyira. Mumazuva aNoah, mvura yakafukamira nyika yose: In the days of Noah flood water covered the whole earth. Rwizi rwafashamira: the river is overflowing. VaChewa vanoti lowe (a wet place in the ground) kureva murove. VaUmbundu vanoti malilima (sound of rushing water or of the wind) kureva kuririma.