Response of a Mediterranean riparian forest to a 1 in 400 year flood, Ouveze River, Drôme-Vaucluse, France
Deforestation ; Ecosystem ; Flood ; Forest ; France ; Geographical information system ; Human impact ; Mediterranean area ; Natural hazards ; Southern France ; Stream
This study provides original data concerning the impact of an exceptional 400-year flood on the riparian forest of a six order French Mediterranean river. Both the restricting effects of the forest on the flood and the hydraulic behaviour
of the forest during the flood were studied. Future legislation will have to take into account the nature of antropogenic activity in the area of the study.