The catastrophic flood in Transbaikalia (Central Asia) in 1897: case study

Autor:	Alena V. Kadetova, Yan B. Radziminovich
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Atmospheric Science geography geography.geographical_feature_category Flood myth Floodplain Flooding (psychology) Drainage basin Poison control Siltation Human settlement Natural hazard Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Physical geography Cartography Water Science and Technology
Zdroj:	Natural Hazards. 72:423-441
ISSN:	1573-0840 0921-030X
DOI:	10.1007/s11069-013-1019-x
Popis:	The territory of Transbaikalia (Russia) is subject to occasional large-scale flooding. One of the most significant events in terms of scale and consequences is the historical flood that occurred in August 1897. In this article, we have tried to reconstruct the flood event. For this purpose, we have used all available historical sources (official statistical data, newspaper publications). The flood was observed almost simultaneously in two river basins (the Selenga and Shilka rivers). The main cause of the catastrophic flood was the abnormally intensive rainfall in the Hentey Mountains (Mongolia) and in Chikokonsky Ridge (southern Transbaikalia) in summer 1897. We have singled out four flood stages on the basis of the dates of flooding in different settlements. The flooding was accompanied by silting of considerable areas, and formation of new channels in local places. The flood in August 1897 in Transbaikalia, Russia, clearly demonstrated the vulnerability of both the environment and society to such catastrophic events.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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