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Disastrous floods in Central Europe at the end of July 1897 and the lessons learnt
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SYSNO ASEP 0324376 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Disastrous floods in Central Europe at the end of July 1897 and the lessons learnt Title Katastrofální povodně ve střední Evropě koncem července 1897 a poučení z nich Author(s) Munzar, Jan (UGN-S) RID
Ondráček, Stanislav (UGN-S) RID
Elleder, L. (CZ)
Sawicki, K. (PL)Source Title Moravian Geographical Reports. - : Ústav geoniky AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 1210-8812
Roč. 16, č. 3 (2008), s. 27-40Number of pages 14 s. Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords disastrous floods ; summer 1897 ; Central Europe Subject RIV DA - Hydrology ; Limnology R&D Projects IAA300860601 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR) CEZ AV0Z30860518 - UGN-S (2005-2011) Annotation In 2007, we commemorated the 10th anniversary of the natural disaster from July 1997, which affected a number of countries in Central Europe. In the Czech Republic, it was the "flood of the century". Certain analogy was an extreme event that was recorded exactly a hundred years ago, in the summer of 1897, i.e. more than 110 years ago today. While the then recording of multiday total precipitation amounts was discontinued in July 1997, the 1-day amount of 345 mm measured at the Nová Louka/Neuwiese station in the Jizerské hory Mts. (780 m a.s.l.) on 29 July 1897 was not surmounted. Until these days, it is therefore a Czech (and most likely also at least a Central-European) record. The extreme precipitation in summer 1897 resulted in high water that affected a considerable part of Central Europe. The disastrous floods caused immense material losses and took a toll of at least 167 human lives. At the same time, however, they became impetus for a range of flood-control measures. Workplace Institute of Geonics Contact Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354 Year of Publishing 2009
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