Channel-forming discharge selection in river restoration design

MW Doyle, D Shields, KF Boyd… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2007 - ascelibrary.org
The concept of channel-forming (Q cf) or dominant discharge is now a cornerstone of river
channel restoration design. Three measures of channel-forming discharge are most …

Separation of floodplain flow and bankfull discharge: application of 1D momentum equation solver and MIKE 21C

S Sarker - CivilEng, 2023 - mdpi.com
A floodplain is an area of low-lying land adjacent to a river, stream, or other water body that
is regularly inundated by water during periods of high flow. Floodplains typically have …

Effects of urbanization on flow duration and stream flashiness: a case study of Puget Sound streams, western Washington, USA

TT Rosburg, PA Nelson… - JAWRA Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The overall influence of urbanization on how flows of different frequency might change over
time, while important in hydrologic design, remains imprecisely known. In this study, we …

Making stream restoration more sustainable: A geomorphically, ecologically, and socioeconomically principled approach to bridge the practice with the science

RJ Hawley - BioScience, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Despite large advances in the state of the science of stream ecology and river mechanics,
the practitioner-driven field of stream restoration remains plagued by narrowly focused …

Effective discharge for suspended sediment transport of the Ganga River and its geomorphic implication

NG Roy, R Sinha - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
Effective discharge (Q e) for suspended sediment transport in the alluvial reaches of the
Ganga River in the western Ganga plains (WGP) has been computed using 'analytical'and …

Stream metabolism increases with drainage area and peaks asynchronously across a stream network

FH Mejia, AK Fremier, JR Benjamin, JR Bellmore… - Aquatic Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Quantifying the spatial and temporal dynamics of stream metabolism across stream
networks is key to understanding carbon cycling and stream food web ecology. To better …

Channel enlargement in semiarid suburbanizing watersheds: A southern California case study

RJ Hawley, BP Bledsoe - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
Semiarid channels exhibit an extreme sensitivity to upstream urban development,
particularly in unconfined valleys with unprotected grades. For example, one of our study …

Sediment output and effective discharge in two small high mountain catchments in the Bavarian Alps, Germany

KH Schmidt, D Morche - Geomorphology, 2006 - Elsevier
Sediment output (solid and dissolved load) from two small Alpine rivers (Partnach and
Lahnenwiesgraben in the Bavarian Alps) was measured during three summer field seasons …

Variable discharges control composite bank erosion in Zoige meandering rivers

P Gao, Z Li, H Yang - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the roles of variable daily discharges in controlling processes of
composite bank erosion in alpine meandering rivers located in the Zoige basin on the …

[PDF][PDF] Channel-forming discharge

RR Copeland, DS Biedenharn, JC Fischenich - 2000 - erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Technical Note is to provide guidance and cautions to be
used in approximating channel-forming discharge with bankfull, specified recurrence …