A deluge is a large downpour of rain, often a flood. The Deluge refers to the flood narrative in the biblical book of Genesis. Deluge may also refer to:

History

* Deluge (history), the Swedish and Russian invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1654–1667) *

Deluge (prehistoric) In geomorphology, an outburst flood—a type of megaflood—is a high-magnitude, low-frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of a large quantity of water. During the last deglaciation, numerous glacial lake outburst floods were ca ...

, prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths * Après moi, le déluge (lit. 'After me, the flood'), a French expression attributed to King Louis XV of France in 1757

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Deluge'' (film), a 1933 apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based on the S. Fowler Wright novel * ''The Deluge'' (film), a 1974 Polish film based on the Sienkiewicz novel

Literature

* ''Deluge'' (novel), a 1928 novel by S. Fowler Wright *''Deluge'', a 2008 novel by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Anne Sarborough * ''Le Déluge'' (Le Clézio), a fictional work by J. M. G. Le Clézio. * ''The Deluge'' (Tooze book), a 2014 book by Adam Tooze * ''The Deluge'' (novel), ''Potop'', an 1886 novel by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz about the historical event *''The Deluge'', a 1954 pastiche story credited to Leonardo da Vinci, actually written by Robert Payne *''The Deluge'', a 2007 novel by Mark Morris *''The Deluge'', a 2023 novel by Stephen Markley

Music

*''Deluge'', a 1997 album by

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* ''Le Déluge'' (Saint-Saëns), an 1875 oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns * ''The Deluge'' (album), a 1986 album by Manilla Road

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Deluge (fine art photography), a museum exhibit by David LaChapelle *

Deluge (Transformers) The Autobots are the main protagonists in the fictional continuities of the Transformers multimedia franchise, and are depicted in a collection of various toys, cartoons, films, graphic novels, and paperback books first introduced in 1984. The ...

, several Transformers characters *''The Deluge'', a painting by

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Firefighting

* ''Deluge'' (fireboat), several vessels *A type of

fire sprinkler system A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method, consisting of a water supply system, providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, onto which fire sprinklers are connected. Although historically on ...

* Deluge gun, equipment used in firefighting

Other uses

* Deluge (software), a cross-platform BitTorrent client written using Python and GTK *

Deluge Fountain The Deluge Fountain is a monumental sculpture fountain which has stood with all its elements between 1904 and 1943 and since 2014 in Bydgoszcz. Throughout the first time of its existence (39 years) and since its rebuilding, the fountain has always ...

, in Bydgoszcz, Poland *

Deluge Mountain Deluge Mountain is a mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada. Description Deluge Mountain is a 2,789-meter-elevation (9,150-foot) peak situated 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) northwest of The Bugaboos, in the Purcell Mountains which are a ...

, a summit in Canada