FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DELIMITATION OF THE LIKELY FLOOD HAZARD ZONES OF THE UPPER PART IN GALLIKOS RIVER BASIN

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Published: Jul 27, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.11804
Keywords:
Mapping Natural hazards Flood management Vulnerability maps
I. Tsitroulis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Geology
K. Voudouris
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Geology
A. Vasileiou
Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
C. Mattas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Geology
Μ. Sapountzis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Forestry
F. Maris
Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
Abstract

Floods are one of the most common natural hazards in global range and could threat the human life, health, environment and infrastructure. The aim of this paper is the estimation and the delimitation of the likely flood hazard zones, for different rainfall intensities in the upper part of Gallikos river basin (central Macedonia) according to the European directive 2007/60. For the analysis of the meteorological data and the construction of flood zone maps, HYDROGNOMON, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS free software packages were used. The thematic maps were constructed with ESRI GIS. The results are depicted in flood inundation maps, delimitating and visualizing the scale of the flood hazard effect in the area. The construction of flood prediction models is a very useful tool towards the direction of the design of an efficient flood management framework.

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