Geography Reference
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down is a threat to the village. The intensity of the surface water accumulation and
of the soil wash-down is dependent on the slope steepness. The points of contact of
the build-up area with the surface wash-down from the adjacent land plots were
identified using the GIS analyses of the accumulated surface wash-down (the
Spatial Analyst extension).
Results
Structure of Administration and Creation of the Flood
Management Documentation in the CR
In the CR, the national flood geodatabase POVIS (Flood Information System) is
under creation, which is administered by the Ministry of the Environment (see
Fig.
1
). This information system serves as a support platform for the communica-
tive, coordinating and decision-making activities at all organizational levels which
are bound by the law to manage a flood event. It provides common data structures
for the information needed in the flood management plans in the frame of the Czech
National Flood Protection Strategy. Local flood management plans, municipal flood
management plans with the extended scope, and regional flood management plans
Fig. 1 Transversal object, measured transversal profile and results of hydrological computation
(flow limits)
