ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I could not have completed my research without the help of numerous people. Drs. Larry Weber and Nathan Young provided invaluable guidance in the preparation of this thesis. I want to thank Jesse Piotrowski for providing constant advice on developing my models and presenting the results. Nate, Jesse, and Andy Craig collected the bathymetric data I used in my model. Dan Gilles...

Flooding events have been negatively affecting the Republic of Kazakhstan, with higher occurrence in flat parts country during spring snowmelt snow-fed rivers. The current project aims to assess flood hazard reduction capacity Alva irrigation system, which is located interfluve area Yesil and Nura Rivers. assessment performed by simulating floods using HEC-RAS 2D controlling gates existing syst...

An increase in the occurrence of sudden local flooding of great volume and short duration has caused significant danger and loss of life and property in Korea as well as many other parts of the World. Since such floods usually accompanied by rapid runoff and debris flow rise quite quickly with little or no advance warning to prevent flood damage, this study presents a new flash flood indexing m...

Abstract—Flash flood is occurred in short time rainfall interval: from 1 hour to 12 hours in small and medium basins. Flash floods typically have two characteristics: large water flow and big flow velocity. Flash flood is occurred at hill valley site (strip of lowland of terrain) in a catchment with large enough distribution area, steep basin slope, and heavy rainfall. The risk of flash floods ...