Description
The maps depict flood prone areas for river flood events for six different flood frequencies (from 1-in-10-years to 1-in-500-years). The extent comprises most of the geographical Europe and all the river basins entering the Mediterranean and Black Seas in the Caucasus, Middle East and Northern Africa countries. Cell values indicate water depth (in m). The maps can be used to assess the exposure of population and economic assets to river floods, and to perform flood risk assessments. NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations and is not an official flood hazard map (for details and limitations please refer to related publications)
Contact
Contributors
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- Francesco Dottori
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0000-0002-1388-3303
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- Lorenzo Alfieri
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0000-0002-3616-386X
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- Alessandra Bianchi
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- Jon Skoien
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- Peter Salamon
How to cite
Dottori, Francesco; Alfieri, Lorenzo; Bianchi, Alessandra; Skoien, Jon; Salamon, Peter (2021): River flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin region. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/1D128B6C-A4EE-4858-9E34-6210707F3C81 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/1d128b6c-a4ee-4858-9e34-6210707f3c81
Keywords
Mediterranean Basin Europe flood
Data access
The map represents permanent water bodies linked with the river network considered in the JRC flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. It includes lakes, reservoirs, coastal lagoons and main river courses. The map is derived from elaborations of the Corine Land Cover map for 2018 (https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/corine-land-cover), and the Copernicus global land cover map for 2018 (https://land.copernicus.eu/global/content/annual-100m-global-land-cover-maps-available). NOTE: this dataset should be used to integrate the JRC global flood hazard maps (for details and limitations please refer to related publications).
This map depict the areas prone to river flood events with a 200-year return period (1-in-200-years frequency). Cell values indicate water depth (in m). NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations and is not an official flood hazard map (for details and limitations please refer to related publications).
This map depict the areas prone to river flood events with a 100-year return period (1-in-100-years frequency). Cell values indicate water depth (in m). NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations and is not an official flood hazard map (for details and limitations please refer to related publications).
This map depict the areas prone to river flood events with a 10-year return period (1-in-10-years frequency). Cell values indicate water depth (in m). NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations and is not an official flood hazard map (for details and limitations please refer to related publications).
This map depict the areas prone to river flood events with a 50-year return period (1-in-50-years frequency). Cell values indicate water depth (in m). NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations and is not an official flood hazard map (for details and limitations please refer to related publications).
This map depict the areas prone to river flood events with a 20-year return period (1-in-20-years frequency). Cell values indicate water depth (in m). NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations and is not an official flood hazard map (for details and limitations please refer to related publications).
The map depicts the river network considered in the creation of the flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin region. The cell value "1" indicates the elements of the river network with an upstream drainage area above 500 Km2. NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations
This map depict the areas prone to river flood events with a 500-year return period (1-in-500-years frequency). Cell values indicate water depth (in m). NOTE: this dataset is based on JRC elaborations and is not an official flood hazard map (for details and limitations please refer to related publications).
Publications
Geographic areas
Europe Northern Africa Western Asia
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-01-08
- Modified date
- 2021-01-08
- Issued date
- 2021-01-08
- Landing page
- https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-topic/floods
- Data theme(s)
- Environment, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- irregular
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/1d128b6c-a4ee-4858-9e34-6210707f3c81
- Popularity
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