Recurrence of flood events in Europe between 1998-2002

Figure Created 12 Nov 2009 Published 12 Nov 2009 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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Occurrence of major floods in Europe

Note: In producing this map, satellite images of the flooded areas were examined and used as a basis for mapping the major river catchments affected by flooding during the period 1998-2002

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Last upload:: 15 Sep 2004
Tags:: disasters , floods
Methodology:: Overlay of flooded areas polygons and GISCO river catchments in order to get the flood recurrence by watershed, i.e. how many times each watershed has been affected by flooding in the period 1998-2002.
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: The European Topic Centre on Land Use and Spatial Information
Figure type:: Map