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Fontaine de Nimes karst system


Study of flash floods in an urban karst system under Mediterranean climate


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Location: Nimes city, Occitanie region, France

Elevation: 55 - 120 masl

Geology: Cretaceous limestone

Aquifer type: karst aquifer 

Scientific question: " What is the role of groundwater during floods "

Fontaine de Nimes is par of  SNO Karst

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Key findings


Hydrogeological model



Karst flash-flood forecasting in the city of Nimes (southern France)


Perrine Fleury, Jean-Christophe Marechal, Bernard Ladouche

Engineering Geology, vol. 164, 2013 Sep, pp. 26--35




Hydrogeological analysis of groundwater contribution to the 6-8 September 2005 flash flood in Nimes


Jean-Christophe Marechal, Bernard Ladouche, Nathalie Doerfliger

HOUILLE BLANCHE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE L EAU, 2009, pp. 88--93




Karst flash flooding in a Mediterranean karst, the example of Fontaine de Nimes


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Bernard Ladouche, Nathalie Dorfliger

Engineering Geology, vol. 99, 2008, pp. 138--146

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