page_title: Muddy flood
section_title: Muddy flood generation
hierarchical_section_title: Muddy flood / Muddy flood generation
caption_attribution_description: English: Differences in crop cover (winter wheat vs. maize) at the end of May, in central Belgium Français&#160;: Différence de couverture du sol (céréales d'hiver vs. maïs) à la fin mai, dans le centre de la Belgique
context_page_description: A muddy flood is produced by an accumulation of run-off over agricultural land. Sediments are picked up by the run-off and carried as suspended matter or bed-load. Muddy floods are typically a hill-slope process, and should not be confused with mudflows produced by mass movements.
  Muddy floods can damage the road infrastructure and may deposit layers of mud blanket and may also clog sewers and damage private property.
  It has been referred to 'muddy floods' since the 1980s. A similar designation appeared in French during the same period.
context_section_description: Muddy runoff is generated on agricultural land when the soil surface is exposed or sparsely covered by vegetation. Large quantities of run-off usually generated by heavy storms is needed to start such a flood.
caption: Difference of soil cover by vegetation for two crops (winter wheat vs. maize) at the end of May, in central Belgium
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