Suspended sediment transport and deposition in sediment-replenished artificial floods in Mediterranean rivers

Dams and impoundments constructed in rivers produce changes their hydrological sediment transport regimes, regulate flows reduce the supply of sediments downstream. Artificially inducing floods from reservoirs conjunction with sediment-replenishment strategies is currently being employed to enhance river catchment areas. In this study, sediment-replenished artificial are compared non-sediment replenishment counterparts. The hysteretic loops between suspended concentration water flow present low normalized hysteresis indices (close zero) flood events. current work, produced a balanced contrast without cases. varied different particle sizes studied same flow, indicating that types particles transported differently despite flow. Furthermore, both sedimentation rate during events was greater for cases than non-sediment-replenishment All things considered, flooding provides successful management strategy more could be used as restoration practice.