'Torrents of terror': The August 1998 storm and the magnitude, frequency and impact of major floods in the Illawarra Region of New South Wales

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-352

  Reinfelds, Ivars ^a,b   Nanson, Gerald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culvert blockage; Debris flow; Flood frequency; Flood hazard; Geomorphology; Hydroclimatic behaviour; Hydrology; Hyperconcentrated flow; Rainfall intensity

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STORM;

AUSTRALIA; ILLAWARRA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0035158814     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8470.00150     Document Type: Article

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