THE INCIDENCE OF HYDROLOGICAL WARNINGS AT NATIONAL LEVEL -
INTENSITY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN 2009
Răzvan BĂTINAŞ
ABSTRACT. – The incidence of hydrological warnings at national level - Intensity and spatial distribution in 2009. The hydrological warnings and alerts are instruments used to show the imminent production of hazardous hydrological phenomena at national or regional scale, revealed by exceedence of rivers defense levels of Danube and interior rivers. Also, the warnings contain associated phenomena including leaks down the hillsides, torrents and creeks. In 2009 were issued 26 warning messages regarding the formation of hazardous hydrologic phenomena, most of them concerning the river courses from the western part of the country respectively the catchment areas of the streams from Banat, Crişana, Maramureş and the lower sector of Mureş River. The temporal analysis revealed that the maximum frequency is associated with the cold season months and with the beginning of spring. The intensity of the predicted phenomena was generally moderate with several peaks recorded in January, March and November.
Keywords: hydrological warning, floods, river safety levels, color codes.
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