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Large floods in the MEDITERRANEAN
Large floods in the Mediterranean region
Bassin - Station
|
Area ( km²)
|
Peak discharge (m3/s)
|
Date
|
Rhone ( Lyon, France)* |
20
300 |
4
500 |
31.05.1856 |
Rhone ( Beaucaire, France)* |
96
500 |
10
000 |
31.05.1856 |
Rhone-Drome ( Livron,
France)* |
1
640 |
1
300 |
09.1842 |
Rhone-Durance ( Pt.
Mirabeau, France)* |
5
720 |
2
500 |
11.11.1651 |
Rhone-Isère ( Grenoble, France
)* |
|
2 000
|
20.12.1740
|
Adige ( Trento, Italy
)* |
9
770 |
2
500 |
17.09.1882 |
Po ( Ticino, Italy )* |
6
600 |
5
000 |
02.10.1868 |
Tejo ( Vila Velha, Portugal
)* |
59
170 |
12
000 |
07.12.1876 |
Guadiana ( Badajos,
Spain )* |
48
515 |
10
000 |
07.12.1877 |
Ebro ( Zaragoza, Spain
)* |
40 430
|
3
800 |
18.02.1889 |
Tech ( Pyrénées-Orientales,
France ) |
382 |
3
400 |
1940 |
Gardon ( Gard , France
) |
1
080 |
4
500 |
1890 |
Orba ( Liguria, Italy
) |
141 |
2
200 |
1935 |
Ancinale ( Calabria,
Italy) |
135 |
2
050 |
1935 |
Oued Zeroud ( Tunis
) |
8
950 |
17
050 |
1969 |
Jucar ( Spain ) |
17
260 |
10
000 |
1864 |
Sources : |
|
* V. Al. Stanescu, M.
Matreata |
" Large floods in Europe"
, 1997, Third report of FRIEND project, 1994-1997 |
Adelin Villenvieille
et al. |
" Les risques
naturels en Méditerranée " Les fascicules du Plan Bleu ,
10, 1997 |
Par L. Fugaciu le 09/06/99
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