Sediment connectivity concepts and approaches

S Najafi, D Dragovich, T Heckmann, SH Sadeghi - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years the concept of connectivity has emerged in sediment management to
describe transfer of sediment from different sections of landscapes at various spatial and …

Challenges of mapping, modelling and quantifying sediment connectivity

J Hooke, J Souza - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Major advances continue to be made in development and application of the connectivity
concept as a framework for analysis of runoff and sediment fluxes in catchments and …

Incorporating sediment connectivity index into MUSLE model to explore soil erosion and sediment yield relationships at event scale

R Hao, X Huang, ZW Cai, HB Xiao, J Wang, ZH Shi - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Sediment connectivity quantifies the intermediate processes between initial erosion and the
corresponding sediment yield. However, fully capturing the variations in sediment …

[HTML][HTML] Basin-scale hydrology and sediment dynamics of the Kosi river in the Himalayan foreland

R Sinha, A Gupta, K Mishra, S Tripathi, S Nepal… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrological and sediment transport characteristics for the Kosi basin, which covers parts of
Nepal and India, were analysed to understand the spatiotemporal variability of the hydrology …

Land use and land cover change-induced changes of sediment connectivity and their effects on sediment yield in a catchment on the Loess Plateau in China

W Liu, C Shi, Y Ma, H Li, X Ma - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
The spatial distribution of landscape pattern in catchments has a great impact on the
potential sediment detachment and transport capacity. In this study, a sediment connectivity …

Spatial-temporal assessment of water and sediment connectivity through a modified connectivity index in a subtropical mountainous catchment

F Zanandrea, GP Michel, M Kobiyama, G Censi… - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
The concept of connectivity aims to understand the hydrosedimentological (water and
sediments) processes that occur in the catchment and influence the water and sediment …

Modeling linkages between erosion and connectivity in an urbanizing landscape

A Michalek, A Zarnaghsh, A Husic - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Erosion and connectivity are spatially varied processes key to determining sediment
transport and delivery to downstream waterbodies. However, we find few studies that …

Evaluating sediment connectivity and its effects on sediment reduction in a catchment on the Loess Plateau, China

W Liu, C Shi, Y Ma, Y Wang - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Sediment connectivity is a principal element for revealing sediment yield variations in
catchments. Although several methods for quantifying this element have been tested, there …

Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity

L Martini, M Cavalli, L Picco - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment connectivity underlies the relationships between sediment source areas and
stream network and the use of topography‐based indices, such as the index of connectivity …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of channel migration of Koshi River in Nepal using remote sensing and GIS

S Baniya, R Deshar, R Chauhan, S Thakuri - Environmental Challenges, 2023 - Elsevier
River channel shifting involves the lateral migration of an alluvial river channel across its
floodplain. High planform dynamics are a distinctive feature of the Koshi river, particularly in …