Drought


Water deficit

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Cumulative difference between potential evapotranspiration (soil evaporation and transpiration from vegetation) and precipitation during a certain period in which the precipitation is the smaller of the two.
Source
According to Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

Risk

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Measuring the effects of a hazard in an area. Risk significance therefore depends on the hazard but also on exposed challenges (populations, property and the environment) and on their vulnerability. There is no risk when the area exposed to a hazard is devoid of human, material and environmental challenges.
Source
According to SOeS

Risk Exposure Plan

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
Plan for delimiting, at municipal or inter-municipal level, areas exposed to predictable natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, avalanches or ground movements. The Risk Exposure Plan (REP) sets out the appropriate measures to prevent
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Low-flow level

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens commun

Period of lowest water levels in streams and groundwater (usually summer for rainfall regimes).

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB
Sens technique

Exceptionally low flow period of a watercourse, or exacerbation of its low water (sometimes assimilated to low seasonal flows). Low water is therefore considered to be a limited period in the year when the flows drop lower than a statistically calculated threshold value, function of each stream.

Source
According to OFB

Critical low flow

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Low flow value below which the supply of drinking water for essential needs for human and animal life, and for the survival of the species found in the environment, are endangered. At this low-flow level, all possible measures to restrict consumption and

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Vulnerability

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Fragility and susceptibility when facing a given hazard or a given pressure.
Source
According to SOeS

Hazard

Updated on 19/06/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Nature, occurrence, intensity and duration of a threatening phenomenon.
Source
According to SOeS