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 Hungary
 SUMAD, Trilateral Initiative Against Flooding
While the Theiss River (Hungarian Tisza) several years ago could only just be harnessed on a national level, an integrative approach was launched in 2003 for transboundary flood protection  [more...]



 The New Vásárhelyi Plan: A New Tisza Will Be Born
Prompted by the results of extensive, careful preparatory studies, the government has adopted on the 15th of October, 2003 a decision on the most ambitious rural development program of past decades.   [more...]



 For 100 Years the Lowest Water Level of the Danube at Budapest
In 2002 the water engineers had to fight with extremely high, over 800-cm flood at Budapest. In this year, in 2003, the water management has measured the lowest level in 100-year period: only 102 cm, 7%.  [more...]



 Challenges of Handling Floods in the 21. Century
Dutch and Hungarian specialist dealing with water management held a conference in Szolnok, Hungary in October 2003 about handling of floods jeopardizing often both countries.  [more...]



 A Computer Model for Forecasting Snow Melting
In 2003 the amount of snow covering the catchment areas of Danube and Tisza in the Carpathian Basin and outside of it can cause floods similar to the big 2001 flood, and the probability of formation of spring excess water on areas of the Great Hungarian Plain is high.  [more...]



 Confined Between Dykes
The most significant medieval collection of customary law in Hungary, the Tripartitum by Werbőczy (1521), provides evidence that the diversion of waters, flood control measures and the construction of mill-ponds was common practice as early as the 13th century. Another purpose of these early hydrological measures was to make rivers navigable, making it possible to float timber from the mountains and to ship the products of the royal salt mines in the Carpathian Mountains.  [more...]



 Thirty-two Billion Forints in Four Years for the Dams
Floods threaten half of the 93 thousand square kilometers territory of Hungary. The most dangerous the River Tisza and the smaller rivulets, even streams, brooks, creeks.  [more...]



 River Tisza: Disaster Prevention at Kurcatorok
At the Kurcatorok main lock on April 15, 2000, at the intensive rise stage of the Tisza flooding, extraordinary (approx. 8 meter) water pressure caused water to break through in excessive vengeance to the direction of the protected areas. It happened due to the failure of the upper rubber packing of the floodgate, at the plane paneled sluice gate of the main lock.  [more...]



 One-Time Summer Dykes Reconsidered
River Tisza predominantly carrying loamy fertilising silt across the Hungarian Great Plains gives the plains harvest yielding capacity.  [more...]



 Flood History in the Carpathian Basin
In Hungary the pioneering role in the regulation of the Danube and Tisza rivers was undertaken by the „greatest Hungarian”, Count István Széchenyi.  [more...]



 Comparison of the Data
The foreign examples of results of flood control can also be thought provoking. There is one work comparable to the Hungarian river regulation and flood control work – taking into consideration the size of the country – in the historic scale fight of the Netherlands against the sea.  [more...]



 Excess Water Control And Drainage
Excess waters also endanger a large part of Hungary's flatland area.  [more...]



 Excess Water, Pump Stations
Pumping stations have been set up in order to elevate the waters into the recipient watercourses.  [more...]



 Floods and Flood Control in Hungary
The 151 flood basins along the Large River Systems in Hungary are flood-prone areas. The floods on the Rivers Danube and Tisza are stemming – mostly – from catchments beyond Hungary’s territory, in the Carpathians and in the Northern and Eastern slopes of the Alps.   [more...]



 Behaviour of Flood Control Earth-Works
Earthen structures of flood control are very heterogeneous ones in Hungary. The reason is that they were built for different purposes. In the beginning the local population, the fishermen, started to build some kind of works for their own use.  [more...]



 Failure of the Reservoir Dam on Kemence Creek
In June 1999 heavy rains fell over the entire territory of the country, but especially over the hilly and mountain areas.  [more...]



 Regulation of Watercourses in the 21st Century
The rapid increase of the population of the world imposes an ever-increasing task on the professionals of water resources management and on the water authorities.  [more...]



 Estimation of the Failure Probability of Flood Levees
The concept of flood safety changes in time and space. It depends on a considerable extent of the culture and tolerance level of the individual and that of the community.  [more...]



 Floods in the Tisza Valley 1998-2001
Ever since her foundation 125 years ago in 1879, the editors of the journal Hydraulic Engineering have consistently devoted special care to publish detailed accounts of major floods, inundations by undrained runoff, of the course of events and analyses of the professional experiences gained.   [more...]




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