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Historical and recent floods in the Czech Republic: causes, seasonality, trends, impacts

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BRÁZDIL Rudolf DOBROVOLNÝ Petr KAKOS Vilibald KOTYZA Oldřich

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Flood Risk Management Hazards, Vulnerability, Mitigation Measures
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Faculty of Science

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Field Atmosphere sciences, meteorology
Keywords Floods; Documentary evidence; Czech Republic
Description The paper presents results of analysis of flood series (variability, seasonality, trends) and their synoptic causes (based on Principal Component Analysis) in the instrumental period for the Elbe-Děčín, the Vltava-Prague, the Ohře-Louny, the Odra-Bohumín and the Morava-Kroměříž. Series of floods from the pre-instrumental period based on documentary evidence since the 16th century for parts of the same rivers are shown. The most disastrous floodings in the Czech Lands were in years 1118, 1272, 1342, 1432, 1501, 1598, 1655, 1675, 1784, 1845, 1872, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1997, 2002. Conclusions concerning flooding in the Czech Republic following from synthesis of documentary and instrumental data are formulated.
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