This review of hydrological and water resources variability during 2001 is presented in five components:
The 2000/01 floods - a hydrological appraisal provides a report of the remarkably widespread flooding experienced in the autumn of 2000, and which continued well into the spring of 2001 when very exceptional groundwater conditions were experienced across much of southern Britain.
(See also: Marsh, T.J. and Dale, M. 2002. The UK Floods of 2000-2001: A Hydrometeorological Appraisal. Jour. CIWEM, Vol. 16, No. 3, 180-188.)
Please refer to the location map for the location of rivers and monitoring sites mentioned in the Hydrological Review of 2001.
For more detailed coverage of hydrological conditions in individual months during 2001 please access the Archive of Hydrological Summaries.
Important note: a substantial proportion of the data featured in the Hydrological Review of 2001 is provisional and subject to future revision.
For details of data suppliers and information about the data themselves, refer to:
| Directory of Measuring Authorities | About the Data (this includes important information regarding the derivation of national and regional rainfall figures) |
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