Das Rheingebiet, Hydrologische Monographie / Le bassin du Rhin. Monographie Hydrologique

00-00 CHR/KHR (1978)
Das Rheingebiet, Hydrologische Monographie / Le bassin du Rhin. Monographie Hydrologique
PART A

(TEXT)

   
A.1

Origin and history of the Commission

   

A.2

Geography and geology

A.2.1

Introduction

A.2.2

Morphological description of the basin

A.2.3

Geology and hydrogeology

A.2.3.1

The Alpine region

A.2.3.2

The tertiary sediments in front of the Western Alps

A.2.3.3

The foldes and table Jura

A.2.3.4

The upper Rhine valley

A.2.3.5

The cristalline rocks

A.2.3.6

The mesozoic plains region

A.2.3.7

The slate mountains

A.2.3.8

The Hessian lowlands, Vogelsberg and Rhön

A.2.3.9

The Münster chalk basin

A.2.3.10

The lower Rhine sedimentary basin and the Netherlands delta region

A.2.4

Soil

A.2.5

Land use

A.2.6

Population

   

A.3

Climate

A.3.1

General circulation and weather types

A.3.2

Regional climatic classification

A.3.2.1

The plain

A.3.2.2

The central mountain region

A.3.2.3

The Alps and its forelands

A.3.3

Reflections on some climatological elements

A.3.3.1

Precipitation

A.3.3.2

Evapotranspiration

A.3.3.3

Air temperature

A.3.3.4

Wind

   

A.4

Hydrography and Hydrometry

A.4.1

Historical review of river projects in the Rhine basin

A.4.2

Description of the actual channel network in the Rhine basin

A.4.2.1

The Alpine basin upstream Basel .

A.4.2.1.1

The Alpine Rhine

A.4.2.1.2

The High Rhine from Lake Constance to Basel

A,4.2.1.3

The Aare basin

A.4.2.2

The Upper Rhine basin from Basel to Bingen

A.4.2.2.1

The Upper Rhine

A.4.2.2.2

The Neckar

A.4.2.2.3

The Main

A.4.2.3

The basin downstream Bingen

A.4.2.3.

The Mid Rhine

A.4.2.3.2

The Lahn

A.4.2.3.3

The Moselle

A.4.2.3.4

The Lower Rhine upstream of Lobith

A.4.2.3.5

The Rhine in the Netherlands

A.4.3

Determination of discharges at stream flow gauges

A.4.3.1

Flow diagramms for data processing

A.4.3.2

Levelling of gauges

   
A5

Hydrological regime

A.5.1

Introduction

A.5.2

General regime of the Rhine river and its main tributaries

A.5.2.1

The Alpine Rhine

A.5.2.2

The High Rhine

A.5.2.3

The Upper Rhine

A.5.2.4

The Mid Rhine

A.5.2.5

The Lower Rhine

A.5.2.6

The Rhine in The Netherlands

A.5.3

Floods

A.5.3.1

Exceptional historical floods

A.5.3.2

Modification of flood regime

A.5.4

Droughts

A.5.5

Ice conditions

A.5.6

Bottom erosion

   

A.6

Examples of extreme conditions

A.6.1

Description of the February-March 1970 flood

A.6.1.1

Meteorological conditions

A.6.1.2

Hydrological conditions

A.6.1.2.1

General

A.6.1.2.2

Water balance

A.6.1.2.3

Flood routing

A.6.1.2.4

Summary

A.6.2

Description of the 1959 and 1964 droughts

A.6.2.1

Meteorological conditions

A.6.2.2

Hydrological conditions

A.6.2.2.1

General

A.6.2.2.2

Persistence

A.6.2.2.3

Water balance

   

A.7

Hydrological modelling

A.7.1

Introduction

A.7.2

Classification

A.7.3

Models in the Rhine basin

A.7.3.1

General

A.7.3.2

Forecasting models

A.7.3.3

Other models in the Rhine basin

A.7.4

General considerations and summary

   

A.8

Summary

A.8.1

Introduction

A.8.2

Geography and Geology

A.8.3

Climate

A.8.4

Hydrography and Hydrometry

A.8.5

Hydrological regime

A.8.6

Examples of extreme conditions

A.8.7

Hydrological modelling

A.8.8

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