____-----__-___-___..______-_--_-__________ Introduction_______________________________________ Frequency of overbank flow.__________________________ Formation of a typical flood plain_____._______________ The characteristics of point bars._________________ Sediments forming a typical point bar_________ Process of formation and elevation of the surface of point bars.____________________________...

[1] Annual maximum peak discharge time series from 572 stations with a record of at least 75 years in the eastern United States are used to examine flood peak distributions from a regional perspective. The central issues of this study are (1) “mixtures” of flood peak distributions, (2) upper tail properties of flood peaks, (3) scaling properties of flood peaks, (4) spatial heterogeneities of fl...

Social pressure on alluvial plains and deltas is large, both from an economic point of view and from a nature conservation point of view. Gradually, flood risks increase with economic development, because the expected damage increases, and with higher dikes, because the flooding depth increases. Global change, changing social desires, but also changing views, require a revision of flood-risk ma...

In recent years, through the availability of remotely sensed data and other national datasets, it has become possible to conduct national-scale flood risk assessment in the England and Wales. The results of this type of risk analysis can be used to inform policy-making and prioritisation of resources for flood management. It can form the starting point for more detailed strategic and local-scal...

A near real-time system is described, which provides spatial information of inland flood extent, using MOderate resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) optical reflectance and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) microwave brightness temperature imagery, and flood volume through combination with a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). This information is an independent and useful addition t...

An unbiased estimate of the arithmetic mean of the He/He ratio (R) of basalts from the global spreading ridge system is 9.14 + 3.59 Ra (n=503), where Ra is the atmospheric ratio and n is the number of data points. The + two standard deviation (2σ) range covers much of the oceanic island and continental flood basalt data that have been attributed to ‘plume’ or ‘lower mantle’ components. The high...

Floods have caused tremendous economic, societal and ecological losses in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) of China. To reduce the impact of these disasters, it is important to understand the variables affecting the hydrological state of the basin. In this study, we used Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite data, flood potential index (FPI), precipitation data (Tropical Rainfa...

A pilot implementation of the recently developed Community-based Flood Management Strategy (CFMS), under the aegis of Community Approaches to Flood Management Programme of BUP with assistance from the WMO, was attempted in two flood vulnerable Unions of Jamalpur district: (a) Nayanagar Union of Melandaha Thana and (b) Palbandha Union of Islampur Thana. Two facilitators from BUP were placed in t...

This paper presents some analytical results and numerical illustrations on the asymptotic properties of flood peak distributions obtained through derived flood frequency approaches. It confirms and extends the results of previous works: i.e. the shape of the flood peak distributions are asymptotically controlled by the rainfall statistical properties, given limited and reasonable assumptions co...