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- The Saint Jean Villeurbanne dam, built between 1879 and 1882, protects Vaulx-en-Velin from flooding.
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Vaulx-en-Velin. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Vaulx-en-Velin (French pronunciation: [vo ɑ̃ v (ə)lɛ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is ...
Aug 10, 2021 · Understanding river flooding and its associated impacts are critical to effective risk reduction. River floods occur when a river overtops its banks and inundates adjacent areas.
- Bruno Merz, Günter Blöschl, Sergiy Vorogushyn, Francesco Dottori, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, Paul Bates,...
- 2021
Feb 12, 2019 · Protection against floods was one of the arguments used to support the building of the recently commissioned hydropower dam, Gibe III, on the Omo River. But while this large dam might play a...
Jan 18, 2021 · Global flood risk is assessed in this study; in particular, the authors describe, based on a modeling approach, the positive effect of river dams on mitigating flood hazards to people.
- Julien Boulange, Naota Hanasaki, Dai Yamazaki, Yadu Pokhrel
- 2021
[FR] Barrage submersible sur le lit du vieux Rhône construit sur la commune de Vaulx en Velin / [ENG] Submerged dam on the old way of the Rhône built close to Vaulx en Velin. Waymark Code: WMGKN2 Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The Saint Jean Villeurbanne dam, built between 1879 and 1882, protects Vaulx-en-Velin from flooding. In September 1979 the first Banlieue suburban youth riots in France broke out in the Cité Olivier-de-Serres in Vaulx-en-Velin.
The Thames Barrier from the north bank of the river at Silvertown, in normal (open) operation. With each of the main gates being just over 20 meters high and able to cope with a tidal surge of nearly 10 meters above normal, the Barrier was built to protect London from a 1-in-1000 year flood-level.