Flood analysis of the Limpopo River basin through past evolution reconstruction and a geomorphological approach
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- Mathias Spaliviero (UGent) , Morgan De Dapper (UGent) and S Maló
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- This research reconstructs the past evolution of the Limpopo River, a transboundary system located in southeastern Africa, and describes its geomorphological settings through a literature review and field work activities, with the aim of analysing flood hazard in the basin. Major changes have occurred since the late Jurassic-early Cretaceous period due to successive tectonic events. The paper demonstrates that the apparently abandoned drainage conformation of the palaeo-Limpopo in the upper and middle stretches of the river today constitutes preferential flood-prone areas in the case of major rainfall events. An important palaeo-delta is identified in the lower Limpopo, which imposes a particular drainage pattern onto the floodplain in Mozambique and influences the flood dynamics at present. The adopted method is helpful in determining flood hazard in a data-scarce area showing complex fluvial dynamics, and allows for the identification of unsuitable locations for human settlements.
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- LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION, SOUTHERN AFRICA, DRAINAGE, MANAGEMENT, GONDWANA, TECTONICS, PLUMES, ORIGIN, PLATE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5684262
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- Spaliviero, Mathias, et al. “Flood Analysis of the Limpopo River Basin through Past Evolution Reconstruction and a Geomorphological Approach.” NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, vol. 14, no. 8, 2014, pp. 2027–39, doi:10.5194/nhess-14-2027-2014.
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- Spaliviero, M., De Dapper, M., & Maló, S. (2014). Flood analysis of the Limpopo River basin through past evolution reconstruction and a geomorphological approach. NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 14(8), 2027–2039. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2027-2014
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- Spaliviero, Mathias, Morgan De Dapper, and S Maló. 2014. “Flood Analysis of the Limpopo River Basin through Past Evolution Reconstruction and a Geomorphological Approach.” NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES 14 (8): 2027–39. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2027-2014.
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- Spaliviero, Mathias, Morgan De Dapper, and S Maló. 2014. “Flood Analysis of the Limpopo River Basin through Past Evolution Reconstruction and a Geomorphological Approach.” NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES 14 (8): 2027–2039. doi:10.5194/nhess-14-2027-2014.
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- 1.Spaliviero M, De Dapper M, Maló S. Flood analysis of the Limpopo River basin through past evolution reconstruction and a geomorphological approach. NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES. 2014;14(8):2027–39.
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- [1]M. Spaliviero, M. De Dapper, and S. Maló, “Flood analysis of the Limpopo River basin through past evolution reconstruction and a geomorphological approach,” NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2027–2039, 2014.
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abstract = {{This research reconstructs the past evolution of the Limpopo River, a transboundary system located in southeastern Africa, and describes its geomorphological settings through a literature review and field work activities, with the aim of analysing flood hazard in the basin. Major changes have occurred since the late Jurassic-early Cretaceous period due to successive tectonic events. The paper demonstrates that the apparently abandoned drainage conformation of the palaeo-Limpopo in the upper and middle stretches of the river today constitutes preferential flood-prone areas in the case of major rainfall events. An important palaeo-delta is identified in the lower Limpopo, which imposes a particular drainage pattern onto the floodplain in Mozambique and influences the flood dynamics at present. The adopted method is helpful in determining flood hazard in a data-scarce area showing complex fluvial dynamics, and allows for the identification of unsuitable locations for human settlements.}},
author = {{Spaliviero, Mathias and De Dapper, Morgan and Maló, S}},
issn = {{1561-8633}},
journal = {{NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES}},
keywords = {{LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION,SOUTHERN AFRICA,DRAINAGE,MANAGEMENT,GONDWANA,TECTONICS,PLUMES,ORIGIN,PLATE}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{8}},
pages = {{2027--2039}},
title = {{Flood analysis of the Limpopo River basin through past evolution reconstruction and a geomorphological approach}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2027-2014}},
volume = {{14}},
year = {{2014}},
}
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