The effects induced by the appearance of periods with maximum flow on rivers in the Suceava hydrographic basin
The effects induced by the appearance of periods with maximum flow on rivers in the Suceava hydrographic basin

Summary/Abstract: Floods represent the hydrological hazard that occurs most often around the world and along the human and Earth’s history. Floods affect the natural and anthropic environment, and have positive (nutrients transport, regeneration of underground water resources and ecosystems, etc.) and negative effects. Suceava River basin is an area belonging to the Eastern Romanian Carpathians and Moldavian Plateau that is not that often affected by the negative effects of the maximum water flow, which are the floods. This article tries to present the periods when the floods had negative effects of the studied area. In the interval 1950-2010 where periods when floods were not recorded, but also periods when the negative effects were so evident, that it generated loses of human lives, damages to households and infrastructure, etc.. The most important period with floods was 2005-2010, when the effects were disastrous to the natural and human environment, summing thousands of lei in monetary value.

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