--Definition-- SOURCE : [Flood Directive 2007/60/CE] Potential flooded areas as defined in Chapter III, article 6, paragraph 3 of Directive 2007/60/CE
-- Definition -- SOURCE : [Flood Directive 2007/60/CE] An element of a potential flooded area, for which data about water height and/or water level, flood of flow and / or velocity of flow, is provided.
-- Definition -- A tract periodically covered by flood water, excluding tidal waters. -- Description -- SOURCE [DFDD]. NOTE 1 It may be caused by either uncontrolled inundation (for example: flooding due to a river overflowing its banks or low-lying regions accumulating standing water following severe rainfall) or controlled inundation (for example: flooded by the regulation of the level of a reservoir). [DFDD]. NOTE 2 Inundation for irrigation purposes is excluded. NOTE 3 Regarded as a candidate spatial object in Annex III theme 'Natural risk zones' due to the relationship (by definition) with flooding.
-- Definition -- SOURCE : [Flood Directive 2007/60/CE] Document as defined in Chapter II, article 4, paragraph 2 of Directive 2007/60/CE. -- Description -- Based on available or readily derivable information, such as records and studies on long term developments, in particular impacts of climate change on the occurrence of floods, a preliminary flood risk assessment shall be undertaken to provide an assessment of potential risks. The assessment shall include at least the following: (a) maps of the river basin district at the appropriate scale including the borders of the river basins, sub-basins and, where existing, coastal areas, showing topography and land use; (b) a description of the floods which have occurred in the past and which had significant adverse impacts on human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity and for which the likelihood of similar future events is still relevant, including their flood extent and conveyance routes and an assessment of the adverse impacts they have entailed; (c) a description of the significant floods which have occurred in the past, where significant adverse consequences of similar future events might be envisaged; and, depending on the specific needs of Member States, it shall include: (d) an assessment of the potential adverse consequences of future floods for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity, taking into account as far as possible issues such as the topography, the position of watercourses and their general hydrological and geomorphological characteristics, including floodplains as natural retention areas, the effectiveness of existing manmade flood defence infrastructures, the position of populated areas, areas of economic activity and long-term developments including impacts of climate change on the occurrence of floods.
-- Definition -- SOURCE : [Flood Directive 2007/60/CE] Map as defined in Chapter III, article 6, paragraph 3 of Directive 2007/60/CE.
-- Definition -- SOURCE : [Chapter III, article 6, paragraph 5 of Directive 2007/60/CE] Flood risk maps show the potential adverse consequences expressed in terms of the type of the economic activity affected under each flood scenario (defined as 'potential flooded area' in the model).
-- Definition -- An assessment of the level probability the flood can occur on the area. -- Description -- [2007/60/EC]. A flood can have a low probability of occurrence, a medium probability of occurrence or a high probability of occurence.