As of 2021, 66 percent of old flood plains located near the Danube river in Germany were not equipped to handle a flood. The same was true for 68 old flood plains near the Elbe river.
Distribution of flood plains in selected areas in Germany in 2021, by floodability
Flood plains as natural components of flood prevention. Recent flood plains: part of the original plain structure which receives German rivers for flooding.
Old flood plain: part of the original plain structure which no longer receives German rivers for flooding due to construction work and cultural landscape changes.
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Bundesamt für Naturschutz, & BMUV. (March 23, 2021). Distribution of flood plains in selected areas in Germany in 2021, by floodability [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275517/flood-plains-floodability-rivers-germany/
Bundesamt für Naturschutz, und BMUV. "Distribution of flood plains in selected areas in Germany in 2021, by floodability ." Chart. March 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275517/flood-plains-floodability-rivers-germany/
Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BMUV. (2021). Distribution of flood plains in selected areas in Germany in 2021, by floodability . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275517/flood-plains-floodability-rivers-germany/
Bundesamt für Naturschutz, and BMUV. "Distribution of Flood Plains in Selected Areas in Germany in 2021, by Floodability ." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275517/flood-plains-floodability-rivers-germany/
Bundesamt für Naturschutz & BMUV, Distribution of flood plains in selected areas in Germany in 2021, by floodability Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275517/flood-plains-floodability-rivers-germany/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Distribution of flood plains in selected areas in Germany in 2021, by floodability [Graph], Bundesamt für Naturschutz, & BMUV, March 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275517/flood-plains-floodability-rivers-germany/
