Effects of the 1997 Flood of the Odra and Vistula Rivers (Summary)

摘要

The catastrophic flood in the central part of Europe in July and August 1997 affected most of the southern part of Poland, in the upper parts of the Odra and Vistula drainage basins of the lar- gest Baltic Rivers. Flood water covered densely populated regions including towns, factories, ag- ricultural land, animal farms, chemical storage sites, sewage treatment plants, scrap yards, cemeteries, etc. There was also a fear that the Baltic sea would be seriously polluted when flood waves reached the sea. Therefore it was important to undertake investigations at the time when flood outflows reached the sea. These studies were undertaken by R/V Baltica.