Flooding Areas Lower Saxony

According to the NWG, §115, paragraph 2), the areas where a flood event is to be expected statistically once in 100 years (measurement floods) must be defined as flooding areas by regulation. In addition, there are still numerous historical flood basin regulations, some of which are based on observed flood events (see factual data, TECH_BASIS). For location accuracy and legal liability, material data, download and exchange format for geoinformation of flood zones, see: https://www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/startseite/hochwasser_kustenschutz/hochwasserschutz/uberschwemmungsgebiete/-43756.html.Diese data is also available in the INSPIRE data model “Annex 3: Management Areas/Protected Areas/Regulated Areas and Reporting Units”. The provision is made via the Federal Institute for Water Studies (BfG) via presentation and download service, the URLs of which are specified in the transfer options.