HIGH WATERS IN SLOVENIA IN 2009

Authors

  • Janez Polajnar Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor, Agencija RS za okolje, Ljubljana

Abstract

Two years after the catastrophc flash floods, Slovenia was hit again by large floods during the Christmas holidays. Luckily they caused only material damage. In 2009, high waters could be found, evenly distributed, throughout the year. Due to snow-melt and heavy precipitation flooding occurred as early as March, with even larger floods following in late December. The summer brought flash floods even to non-flood-prone areas. In 2009, the water levels of the Reka, Vipava, Pesnica and Soča rivers, the Sava River in Zasavje and the Bistrica River in Bohinjska Bistrica as well as Lake Bohinj reached or came close to the highest levels ever, in the fifty years since records were started.

References

Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje, Interno informacijsko gradivo o hidroloških razmerah 2009, Analize izrednih hidroloških dogodkov v letu 2009.

Uprava RS za zaščito in reševanje, Center za obveščanje Republike Slovenije, Dnevni informativni bilten 2009.

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Published

19-01-2024

Issue

No. 24 (2010): Ujma

Section

Natural and other disasters in Slovenia

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