Building inland waterways affects the natural structure, formation, and extent of riverbed riparian zone. It alters hydrology sediment deposition conditions hence damages aquatic ecosystem. To address effects construction on riverine biome, benthic macroinvertebrate communities were compared at different building stages along a gradient shipping traffic density two montane rivers in China. The ...

the behavior of suspended sediment during flood events is not only a function of energy conditions, i.e. sediment is stored at low flow and transported under high flow conditions, but also is related to the variations in sediment supply and sediment depletion. these changes in sediment availability result in so-called hysteresis effects. therefore, hysteresis pattern analysis is of great import...

to identify critical sediment sources in large catchments, using easily available terrain information at a regionalscale, a methodology was developed to obtain a qualitative assessment necessary for environmental management.fargas et al method was employed in the research. the study was carried out in one of the sub-basins of hableh roodbasin called dehnamak in the arid and semiarid climate of ...

soil erosion is one of the most destructive phenomena which cause significant ecological changes in many areas. soil conservation and erosion control is essential because of the irreparable damage caused by soil erosion. soil conservation programs will not achieve until to find adequate methods of combating land degradation and ways to reduce the sediment. therefore, we need to have enough know...