RT Journal Article
T1 Introducción al análisis de los riesgos de inundación en las riberas de las áreas estuarinas: El caso de las poblaciones adyacentes a la Ría de Huelva (SO España)
T1 Introduction to the analysis of flood hazards on the margins of estuarine areas: The case of the towns adjacent tothe Ría de Huelva (SW Spain)
A1 Morales González, Juan Antonio
A1 Pons, J. M.
A1 Cantano Martín, Mercedes
AB Floods are natural events that occur in depressed areas. These phenomena can be related with extremeriver discharges in fluvial valleys or with wave surges in coastal areas. In estuarine areas, both causes cancoincide during stormy periods. The Ría de Huelva is the common estuary of Tinto and Odiel rivers, whichare extremely irregular because of their pluvial character. The slatey-quartzitic character of the drainagearea induces an immediate response of the fluvial flow to the rains. This estuary is submitted to a mesotidalregime, with a mean tidal range of 2.0 metres, but with extreme equinox high waters that can reach 1.7metres over the mean tide level (74 cm. over the mean high waters). Meteorologic surges caused by lowpressures and winds blowing from the south to the coast can increment the water level near to 1 m. overthe tidal level.Strong rains and meteorologic surges occur at same time during Atlantic storms. When these storm coincidewith equinox high tides the towns located at the margins of the estuary are normally flooded
PB Sociedad Geológica de España
YR 2004
FD 2004
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8876
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8876
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026