Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 28, issue 6
Articles | Volume 28, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1463-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1463-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 28, issue 6
Research article
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02 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 02 Apr 2024

Mangroves as nature-based mitigation for ENSO-driven compound flood risks in a large river delta

Ignace Pelckmans, Jean-Philippe Belliard, Olivier Gourgue, Luis Elvin Dominguez-Granda, and Stijn Temmerman

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The combination of extreme sea levels with increased river flow typically can lead to so-called compound floods. Often these are caused by storms (< 1 d), but climatic events such as El Niño could trigger compound floods over a period of months. We show that the combination of increased sea level and river discharge causes extreme water levels to amplify upstream. Mangrove forests, however, can act as a nature-based flood protection by lowering the extreme water levels coming from the sea.
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