Inundation models based on the Shallow Water Equations (SWE) have been shown to perform well for a 3 wide variety of situations even at the limit of their theoretical applicability and, arguably, somewhat beyond. One of 4 these situations is the catastrophic event of floods induced by dyke breach and consequent dyke erosion. The dyke 5 collapse is often not sudden as assumed by many flood simul...

Comparison of historic channel migration rates, modern planform conditions, and overall sediment, wood, and flow conditions and interactions for the Quinault River and Queets River in the western Olympic Peninsula, Washington, reveals decadalto century-scale interactions between gravel-bed channels and forested flood plains in temperate maritime environments. The downstream alluvial portions of...

This paper explores the potential for seasonal prediction of hydrological variables that are potentially useful for reservoir operation of the Three Gorges Dam, China. The seasonal flow of the primary inflow season and the peak annual flow are investigated at Yichang hydrological station, a proxy for inflows to the Three Gorges Dam. Building on literature and diagnostic results, a prediction mo...

____-----__-___-___..______-_--_-__________ Introduction_______________________________________ Frequency of overbank flow.__________________________ Formation of a typical flood plain_____._______________ The characteristics of point bars._________________ Sediments forming a typical point bar_________ Process of formation and elevation of the surface of point bars.____________________________...

A numerical model is developed to determine the flow depth and discharge relationship for turbulent flows over vegetated flood plains. The model is based on the turbulent boundary layer similarity concepts developed for atmospheric and pipe flow hydraulics. Here, the Darcy–Weisbach formula is modified to account for vegetative resistance by application of surface roughness lengths developed fro...

The basic principles underlying the most commonly used physically-based models of the rainfall-runoff transformation process are reviewed. A thorough knowledge of these principles is a pre-requisite for flood hazard studies and, thus, this chapter reviews several physically-based methods to determine flood discharges, flow depths, and other flood characteristics. The chapter starts with a thoro...

in regions with deficient or no data, it is necessary to apply indirect methods to estimate the peak flow. regional flood analysis is the most accurate and reliable technique in such cases. one of the regional flood methods for flood analysis in arid and semi arid regions is hybrid technique, which was applied on data of khorasan razavi province watersheds to estimate the peak flow. hybrid meth...

Assessment of the ecological status of rivers is key to monitoring the achievement of the environmental goal of the EU Water Framework Directive and the success of restoration projects. In summer of 2009 and 2010, repeated assessments of physical habitat conditions and of fish and benthic invertebrate communities were performed at low-flow conditions in 10 unmanaged and 10 channelized cross-sec...