Quantifying Activated Floodplains on a Lowland Regulated River: Its Application to Floodplain Restoration in the Sacramento Valley

Quantifying Activated Floodplains on a Lowland Regulated River: Its Application to Floodplain Restoration in the Sacramento Valley

<p>We describe a process and methodology for quantifying the extent of a type of historically prevalent, but now relatively rare, ecologically-valuable floodplains in the Sacramento lowland river system: frequently-activated floodplains. We define a specific metric the “Floodplain Activation F...

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Main Authors: Philip B. Williams, Elizabeth Andrews, Jeff J. Opperman, Setenay Bozkurt, Peter B. Moyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2009-09-01
Series:San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Subjects:
Floodplain restoration
functional floodplains
activated floodplains
floodplain activation flood
response indicator
design criteria
regulated river
reservoir re-operation
Sacramento River
Yolo Bypass
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1sn8r310

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