Flood risk management plan for the evros river basin – implementation of e.u. Directive 2007/60/ec

Evros River flows at the eastern Balkan peninsula and its basin covers a total area of 53,000km2, spread between Bulgaria (35,085km² – 66.2% of the total area), Turkey (14,575km² – 27.5%) and Greece (3,340 km2 – 6.3%). The total river flow length is 528km, of which 310km are within Bulgarian territories while the remaining 218km define the borderline of the three countries. It is the second largest river of the Balkans, after Danube, and transports a significant sediment yield, creating an estuary of high environmental value at the Aegean Sea. The Greek part of the basin has around 1.5% of the country’s population and is characterized by mostly agricultural and livestock activities.The study aims at identifying future flood risks, based on historic information and detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, in order to propose administrative measures and civil protection actions that will allow for reducing the impact of flooding events in the future.