Floods In East Siberia: Damage And Risks

A notable area of research into floods involves geographical analysis of their occurrence and the factors that are responsible for them. We examine the main kinds of floods in East Siberia, their recurrence and distribution in the territory. Using archival, reference and published data, we made an a...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2011-01, Vol.146, p.95
Main Authors: Korytny, L М, Kichigina, N V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Damage assessment
Flood damage
Flood hazards
Floods
Hazards
Hydrologic data
Snowmelt
Territory
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Summary:A notable area of research into floods involves geographical analysis of their occurrence and the factors that are responsible for them. We examine the main kinds of floods in East Siberia, their recurrence and distribution in the territory. Using archival, reference and published data, we made an analysis of the floods that occurred on this territory in the 19th–20th centuries. A zoning according to flood hazard is carried out. An analysis is made of the major floods in East Siberia which caused substantial damage during 1991–2006. The damage analysis showed that the most extensive damage in East Siberia is caused by snowmelt floods and ice-dam induced floods. For the Irkutsk region, risk severities and the damage caused by them were calculated, and the possibilities of the floods being linked with other hazards and their effects were explored.
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/RM110091