The problem of flood forecasting is quite relevant for almost the entire territory of the Russian Federation and is included in the state strategy of environmental safety until 2030. The aim of the study was to study the territories from the point of view of the maximum level of water supply based on a fractal analysis of their river network. The paper presents a geoinformation fractal model that allows to identify potentially dangerous areas prone to flood flooding in conditions of excess precipitation. To identify potentially dangerous territories, fractal methods were used to assess the development of the river network in the structure of the geographic information system Q-GIS, which make it possible to present the result both analytically and cartographically. According to the results of the analysis of the development of the river network of the Moscow region, the following results were obtained: the minimum level of water rise is observed in the Sergiev Posad district. Potentially dangerous in terms of floodwaters.

Andrey N. Nasonov
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Senior lecturer
Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography
4, Gorokhovsky lane, Moscow, 105064, Russia
e-mail: adn22@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0001-7201-3407
Scopus ID: 56989221000
SPIN-code: 2286-1202
AuthorID: 1012751

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