Exploitation of Documented Historical Floods for Achieving Better Flood Defense

Table 1

Basic characteristics of excessive and record breaking floods in the Tisza catchment.

Vasarosnameny				Tokaj				Szolnok				Szeged
Year	Peak level (cm)	Intermittent period (year)	Intermittent period, record breaking floods (year)	Year	Peak level (cm)	Intermittent period (year)	Intermittent period, record breaking floods (year)	Year	Peak level (cm)	Intermittent period (year)	Intermittent period, record breaking floods (year)	Year	Peak level (cm)	Intermittent period (year)	Intermittent period, record breaking floods (year)
1888	900			1888	872			1888	818			1888	847
1895	840	7		1895	815	7		1895	827	7	7	1889	805	1
1915	830	10		1915	825	20		1915	808	20		1895	884	6	7
1919	850	4		1919	860	4		1919	884	4	24	1913	802	8
1932	848	13		1924	802	5		1924	846	5		1919	916	6	20
1940	802	8		1932	856	8		1932	894	8	13	1924	872	5
1947	885	7		1940	818	8		1940	880	8		1932	923	8	13
1962	816	15		1941	800	1		1941	856	0		1940	847	8
1964	850	2		1964	857	23		1953	801	12		1941	855	1
1968	800	4		1967	831	3		1962	836	9		1962	820	21
1970	912	2	82	1970	858	3		1964	853	2		1970	960	8	38
1974	848	4		1979	880	9	91	1966	855	2		1974	804	4
1978	870	4		1980	837	1		1967	881	1		1979	842	5
1979	853	1		1981	805	1		1970	909	3	38	1981	873	2
1981	834	2		1998	872	17		1974	840	0		1999	817	18
1985	831	4		1999	894	1	20	1977	880	3		2000	930	1
1993	876	8		2000	928	1	1	1979	904	2
1995	843	2		2001	847	1		1980	873	1
1998	923	3	28					1981	885	1
1999	830	1						1998	897	17
2000	882	1						1999	974	1	29
2001	941	1	3					2000	1041	1	1
								2001	836	1