Sediments of the Ahr river show recurring high-magnitude flood events

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Here you can find information on the topic "Highwaters". Read now "Study: Sediments of the Ahr prove several extreme floods.

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According to researchers, extreme flood events at the Ahr occur again and again. Based on sediments, they were now able to prove a previously unknown event for the Ahr.

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Recurring high-energy flood events are not the exception in the Ahr Valley, but the rule – and this in periods from centuries to millennia. This is shown by a study published in the journal "Earth Surface Processes and Landforms" under the leadership of the University of Leipzig. The investigated river sediments document the summer flood of 2021 and at least three other flood events in the [...] The Leipzig study shows that at least four flood e…

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Recurrent high-energy floods are not the exception but the rule in the Ahr Valley, in western Germany, and this occurs over centuries, even millennia. This is shown by a recent study published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms and led by the University of [...]

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Leipzig study identifies at least four extreme floods since the dark period Ahrtal/Leipzig, January 5, 2026. The devastating summer flood of 2021 in the Ahrtal was not a unique or unprecedented natural disaster at this point, but a repeat case. Leipzig researchers pointed out this, which had investigated past floods in the Ahrtal over a long period of time until the dark period. Strong floods in the 5th century as well as in the years 1804, 1910…