Abstract
The Selenga River is a major tributary of Lake Baikal. Its basin is characterized by a fairly high degree of economic activity. Floods in the Selenga River basin are hazardous natural phenomena which can cause threats to people’s lives and enormous damage to the settlements and infrastructure. The flooded areas in the settlements are delineated by using various methods: hydro-morphological surveys, leveling of sections along riverbeds and floodplains (151 profiles in total), as well as results of hydrodynamic modeling of flooding processes by using a program, HEC-RAS, developed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The flood zones are simulated for maximum water levels with 100, 33, and 20-years frequency. In the future, the compiled flood database is planned to be published as part of an online web map service, “Hydro-Ecological Safety in the Selenga River Basin”.
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