Analysis of flooding in the Lim basin in the territory of Montenegro with special reference to November and December 2010

Abstract

Catastrophic floods in the Lim basin on the territory of Montenegro were registered in November, December 2010 and January 2011. Since 1952, historical hydrological data related to the occurrence of large waters have been analyzed. In the area of the small basin of the river Lim, 2,785 people and two facilities for the water supply of citizens were affected by the floods. High waters during floods can cause damage of exceptional proportions. The floods of 2010 covered the tributaries of the Lim in the upper reaches: Ljuča, Vruja, Grnčar, Đurička rijeka, Plavska rijeka in the territory of the Plav municipality, Zlorečica, Kraštica, Trepačka rijeka in Andrijevica, Lim with tributaries through Bijelo Polje and Lim in the territory of Beran. High waters were registered in 2012 at the Grlja watercourse, the hydrological station at Grlja, and in 2016 at the hydrological stations Bijelo Polje na Lim, the hydrological station Plav and hs Dobrakovo. The floods had torrential and riverine character. After the catastrophic floods in 2010, flood protection systems were installed. Little attention is paid to the biological and biotechnical works on the arrangement of streams, so the possibility of the appearance of torrential streams increases, especially in the upper reaches of Lim, where torrential streams have been active for years, such as Martinić potok, Bjelicko, Bijelo potok, and through the municipality of Bijelo Polje the tributaries of Lim: Lješnička, Bistrička , Boljanska river, Lipnica, Orahovicki stream.

Keywords

• floods
• lim
• tributaries
• torrents
• municipalities
• andrijevica
• berane
• plav
• bijelo polje