Flood plains in selected areas in Germany 2021, by floodability

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Evgenia Koptyug,
Nov 16, 2021
As of 2021, 66 percent of old flood plains located near the Danube river in Germany were not equipped to handle a flood. The same was true for 68 old flood plains near the Elbe river.

Distribution of flood plains in selected areas in Germany in 2021, by floodability

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Release date

March 2021

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2021

Special properties

10,297 kilometers of flow range evaluated.

Supplementary notes

Flood plains as natural components of flood prevention.
Recent flood plains: part of the original plain structure which receives German rivers for flooding.

Old flood plain: part of the original plain structure which no longer receives German rivers for flooding due to construction work and cultural landscape changes.

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