No. 4,789 in Russian
затопления
"Flooding" or "inundation."
In a sentence
Затопления в этом районе происходят каждую весну.
Floods in this region occur every spring.
Here, 'затопления' refers to the physical event of flooding happening in a specific area during the spring season.
Из-за затопления, движение на дорогах было временно приостановлено.
Due to flooding, traffic on the roads was temporarily halted.
Here, 'затопления' is used to describe the environmental condition (flooding) and its effects on road traffic.
Ученые предупреждают об увеличении числа затоплений из-за изменения климата.
Scientists warn about an increase in the number of floods due to climate change.
In this sentence, 'затоплений' (a grammatical form of 'затопления') is used in the plural to discuss the general phenomenon of floods in a broader scientific context.
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