Management of hazard of flooding in arid region urban agglomeration using HEC-RAS and GIS software: The case of the Bechar's city

During the last few years, the City of Bechar in Algeria has witnessed some extreme events, such as the great flood of the year 2008 in which an exceptional amount of rain was recorded with a flow rate of 830 m3∙s−1 (hwater = 4 m, b = 200 m); similar flooding also occurred in 2012 and 2014. The prob...

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Main Authors: Bekhira Abdelghani, Habi Mohammed, Morsli Boutkhil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Water and Land Development
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jwld.2019.42.issue-1/jwld-2019-0041/jwld-2019-0041.xml?format=INT