Tag: flood hazards

• River Mole: flashy by nature?

  

  The River Mole is a flashy river! This means levels rise quickly after rain falls over the catchment. The hydrograph below shows the River Mole discharge at Gatwick gauging station rising quickly after a heavy squall line passed over the catchment, dropping 11mm in less than 1 hour. This is not outside normal rainfall but…

  sirgeogy

  November 25, 2022

  flood, lag time, River Mole

  flood hazards, lag times, River Mole

• 2013 Flooding on the River Mole: causes, impacts and management

  

  The River Mole is a modest lowland river in SE England that rises near Rusper in the wooded hilly heartland of the Surrey / Sussex Weald, near Crawley and Horsham. The Mole and its tributaries flow broadly north, through Crawley, around and under Gatwick airport, before meandering through mostly rural countryside to Dorking. The Mole…

  sirgeogy

  January 4, 2014

  flood, Flood defence, Floods, Gatwick airport, hazards, Reigate, River Mole

  flood hazards, flood risk assessment, Gatwick airport, geography, hazard impacts, hazard responses, risk, River Mole, River Mole drainage basin, River Thames