saymareh dam and hydro-power plant are under construction on saymareh river in ravandi anticline, ilam province. during boring the power tunnel which crosses the anticline, a large volume of water was encountered. this volume of water was not observed in the past. considering the water quality of springs, water level of dam site piezometers, geological and hydrogeological inspections, isotope a...

Background& objectives: Zarrinehrud River is one of the most important permanent and water-rich rivers in West Azerbaijan province located in the catchment area of Lake Urmia. In this study, to evaluate the quality of the Zarrinehrud River, with a length of 57.5 kilometers from the outlet of Noroozlou to the drainage dam to the Lake Urmia, QUAL2K computer simulation model was used. Methods: Th...

abstract rockfill dams are a type of hydraulic control structures used to protect river bed in cases where a considerable reservoir volume is available behind these structures; it could mitigate the floods and provide a gradual depletion of incoming volume of water so that the discharge passing downstream is decreased. one of the main issues on utilizing rockfill dams is to keep its permeabilit...

Substantial amounts of organic matter (OM) from terrestrial ecosystems are buried as sediments in inland waters. It is still unclear to what extent this OM constitutes a sink of carbon, and how much of it is returned to the atmosphere upon mineralization to carbon dioxide (CO2). The construction of reservoirs affects the carbon cycle by increasing OM sedimentation at the regional scale. In this...

This research was conducted in the Lower Ping River Basin downstream of the Bhumibol Dam and the Lower Wang River Basin in Tak Province, Thailand. Most of the tributary streams of the Ping can be considered as ungauged catchments. There are 10pumping station installation at both river banks of the Ping in Tak Province. Recently, most of them could not fully operate due to the water amount in th...

Dams, diversion of water, invasive species, overharvesting and pollution are degrading rivers and wetlands. Climate change may exacerbate impacts of these threats through predicted reductions in rainfall and increased temperature, decreasing flow and altering timing and variability of flow regimes. Papers in this special issue identify conservation-management strategies for wetlands and rivers ...

Understanding the carbon sources supporting aquatic consumers in large rivers is essential for the protection of ecological integrity and for wildlife management. The relative importance of terrestrial and algal carbon to the aquatic food webs is still under intensive debate. The Yangtze River is the largest river in China and the third longest river in the world. The completion of the Three Go...

introduction gotvand-olia as one of the largest constructional projects in iran has been constructed on the karoun river, between masjed soleiman and gotvand regulatory dam in khuzestan province. it is situated in 382.8 km away from the river estuary at a distance of 25 km north of shoushtar city. this study was conducted to identify and assess the risk of gotvand-olia dam on the environment at...

underground dams have recently been considered as hydrological structures for the development of water resources, especially in the dry regions of iran. in this investigation along with the basic studies and the aquifer flow modeling, the probable hydrogeological effects of an underground dam are investigated. the proposed place for the ganjeh underground dam is chehel-khaneh aquifer located in...