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GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

‘Flash floods’ are associated with:

Explanation:

ANS. (B) 
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm or cyclone, or melt-water from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields.

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