Characteristic data on river floods and flooding; facts and figures

Floods, from Defence to Management: Symposium Proceedings - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 19-35

  Douben, N ^a   Ratnayake, R M W ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

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