Sustainable sediment management in reservoirs and regulated rivers: experiences from five continents

Sustainable sediment management in reservoirs and regulated rivers: experiences from five continents

By trapping sediment in reservoirs, dams interrupt the continuity of sediment transport through rivers, resulting in loss of reservoir storage and reduced usable life, and depriving downstream reaches of sediments essential for channel form and aquatic habitats. With the acceleration of new dam cons...

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Main Authors: Kondolf, Mathias (Author), Gao, Yongxuan (Author), Annandale, George W. (Author), Morris, Gregory L. (Author), Jiang, Enhui (Author), Zhang, Junhua (Author), Cao, Yongtao (Author), Carling, Paul A. (Author), Fu, Kaidao (Author), Guo, Qingchao (Author), Hotchkiss, Rollin (Author), Peteuil, Christophe (Author), Sumi, Tetsuya (Author), Wang, Hsiao-Wen (Author), Wang, Zhongmei (Author), Wei, Zhilin (Author), Wu, Baosheng (Author), Wu, Caiping (Author), Yang, Chih Ted (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014-05.
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