Exceptional floods on a developed river: case study for the Bistrita River from the Eastern Carpathians (Romania)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1421-1451

  Cojoc, Gianina Maria ^a   Romanescu, Gheorghe ^a   Tirnovan, Alina ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Floods; Heavy rains; Hydrological management; Hydrotechnical development; Storage reservoirs

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER ENGINEERING;

BISTRITA BASIN; CARPATHIANS; EASTERN CARPATHIANS; LAKE IZVORUL MUNTELUI; NEAMT; ROMANIA;

EID: 84930373639     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1439-2     Document Type: Article

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