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In the second half of June 1997, the weather in Poland was influenced by cyclonic precipitation of high intensity and depth, which occurred throughout the country, except in northern and north-western Poland. The heavy rains of July `97 in Poland could be added to the list of the largest known rains in the officially recorded history of the Earth (Fig.1) [7]. The highest precipitation (585 mm) was recorded at Lysa Hora (Czech Republic) from July 5 to 9, while in the Polish drainage basin of the Odra River, it amounted to 484 mm in Kamienica and 455 mm in Miédzygórze (Fig.2) [8].
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Szamalek, K. (2000). The Great Flood of 1997 in Poland: The Truth and Myth. In: Marsalek, J., Watt, W.E., Zeman, E., Sieker, F. (eds) Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management. NATO Science Series, vol 71. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4140-6_7
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