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This paper examines an extreme flood at a tributary of the Danube. This is then put into the context of flood processes in medium sized and small catchments in all of Austria. The paper concludes with two applications of the flood process analyses in Austria.
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BLÖSCHL, G., MERZ, R., RESZLER, C. (2006). FLOODS IN AUSTRIA. In: Vasiliev, O., van Gelder, P., Plate, E., Bolgov, M. (eds) Extreme Hydrological Events: New Concepts for Security. NATO Science Series, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5741-0_6
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