Review of Historic Floods in Hungary and the Extent of Flooded Areas in Case of Levee Failures
Laszlo Bodi, Laszlo Nagy, Attila Takacs
In the proceedings of: GeoHazards 6: 6th Canadian Geohazards ConferenceSession: Dams and Reservoirs
ABSTRACT: The Carpathian Basin covers an area of 330,000 km2 in Central Europe, surrounded by geographic boundaries of the Carpathian Mountains, the Alps, the Dinarides and the Balkan Mountains. It is divided approximately in two halves by the rivers Danube and Tisza. Both rivers have two regular floods each year the early spring "icy flood" and the early summer "green flood". Forty percent of the Danube’s catchment area is located within the Carpathian Basin and little more than 12% of the Basin’s territory represents the Danube’s floodplain, approximately 40,000 km2. This large floodplain is presently bordered by approximately 11,000 km of levee network, built across six countries. This paper presents the results of statistical analysis of historic flood data, collected and reviewed in connection with large number of floodplain reach inundations along the two rivers within the Carpathian Basin generally, and in Hungary particularly.
RÉSUMÉ: Le Bassin des Carpates couvre une superficie de 330,000 km2 en Europe centrale. Il est bordé par les Carpates, les Alpes, les Dinarides et les montagnes des Balkans. Il est divisé en deux par le fleuve Duna (Danube) d’un côté et par la rivière Tisza (Theisse) de l’autre. Ces deux cours d’eau sont en crue deux fois l’an. Une crue au début du printemps "icy flood" et l’autre en début d'été "green flood". Quarante pour cent du bassin de drainage du Danube est situé dans le bassin des Carpates et un peu plus de douze pour cent du territoire du bassin représente la plaine d’inondation du Danube, soit environ 40,000 km2. Cette grande plaine est présentement bordée par un réseau de digues d’environ 11,000 km de long, construit dans six pays. Cet article présente les résultats de l'analyse statistique des données historiques, recueillies et examinées dans le cadre du grand nombre de débordements de portée le long des deux rivières dans le bassin des Carpates en général, et dans la République de Hongrie notamment.
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Bodi, Laszlo, Nagy, Laszlo, Takacs, Attila (2014) Review of Historic Floods in Hungary and the Extent of Flooded Areas in Case of Levee Failures in GeoHazards6. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.
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author = {{Bodi, Laszlo}, {Nagy, Laszlo}, {Takacs, Attila}}
title = {Review of Historic Floods in Hungary and the Extent of Flooded Areas in Case of Levee Failures }
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th Canadian Geohazards Conference}
year = {2014}
organization = {The Canadian Geotechnical Society},
address = {Ottawa, Canada} }
title = {Review of Historic Floods in Hungary and the Extent of Flooded Areas in Case of Levee Failures }
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th Canadian Geohazards Conference}
year = {2014}
organization = {The Canadian Geotechnical Society},
address = {Ottawa, Canada} }