The recurrence interval of a flood is the:

a. statistical average amount of time between floods of a given magnitude
b. the time between two floods of a particular magnitude
c. the probability that a flood of a certain magnitude will occur in a particular year
d. the number of years of record that are necessary to calculate the 100-year flood for a stream


a

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