This study investigates the morphometric and anthropogenic controls governing the occurrence and spatial distribution of tributary–junction fans (TJFs) along the Chaudière River, Québec, Canada. Using GIS-based morphometric analys...
Tributaries to meandering rivers rarely join the river on the interior of bends. The limited drainage area on bend interiors explains why tributaries seldom form there, but not why existing tributaries are redirected as meanders develop. Other releva...
Peak flows values (Q) and hydrograph volumes (V) are obtained from a selected family of historical flood events (period 1957–2017), for two neighboring mountain catchments located in the Ebro river basin, Spain: rivers Ésera and Is&aacut...
Most flood inundation models do not come with an uncertainty analysis component chiefly because of the complexity associated with model calibration. Additionally, the fact that the models are both data- and compute-intensive, and since uncertainty re...
A rapid downstream weakening of the processes that drive the intensity of transverse mixing at the confluence of large rivers has been identified in the literature and attributed to the progressive reduction in channel scale secondary circulation and...
10 August 2019
The Yi River, the second longest river in Shandong Province, China, flows through Linyi City and is fed by three tributary rivers, Beng River, Liuqing River, and Su River in the northeastern part of the city. In this study, we determined the concentr...
In this study, numerical simulations using the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code model were conducted to elucidate the effects of flow structures in the recirculation zone on solute storage based on the junction angle. Numerical simulations were perf...
The success or failure of river closure is directly related to the construction period and project benefit. Therefore, it is very necessary to study the river closure by an appropriate method. In this paper, a 1D–2D coupled river closure model...
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Natural rivers have many branching junctions. The flow in branching junctions is complex, owing to significant changes associated with flow dynamics and sediment transport that result in erosion and deposition problems. A branching channel of the Tig...
Despite the existing knowledge concerning the hydrodynamic processes at river junctions, there is still a lack of information regarding the particular case of low width and discharge ratios, which are the typical conditions of mountain river confluen...
A two-dimensional bay and river coupled numerical model in Cartesian coordinates was developed to find the impact of the river on the simulated water levels associated with a storm along the coast of Bangladesh. The shallow water models developed for...
River confluences are a common feature in natural water resources. The flow characteristics in confluences are complicated, especially at junction areas between tributaries and the main river. One of the typical characteristics of confluences is seco...
River confluences are the key features of the drainage basins, as their hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological nature strongly influences the downstream river characteristics. The river reaches near the coastal zones, which also makes them un...
In response to the growing demand for improved operational efficiency in road and bridge networks, constructing parallel bridges in complex river sections has become a crucial strategy. This study focuses on a parallel bridge construction project in...
An analysis of the effect on the flow regime caused by reservoir operation is crucial to balancing the exploitation and protection of water resources. The long-term effect of this on the intraday scale and small storage capacity is considerable, but...
Controlling the flow and bed morphology in a river confluence is important in training and navigation works. The flow in river confluence is highly complex due to crucial and rapid changes associated with flow dynamics, sediment transport, and geomor...
A global sensitivity analysis was carried out on a water quality model to quantify the spatial changes in parameter sensitivity of a model of a large prairie river, the South Saskatchewan River (SSR). The method is used to assess the relative impacts...
Water quality control and the control of contaminant spill in water in particular are becoming a primary need today. Gradient descent sensitivity methods based on the adjoint formulation have proved to be encouraging techniques in this context for ri...
The Yellow River Delta is located at the junction of the Yellow River and Bohai. The impact function from the river and the dynamics of the ocean tides make the soil composition and distribution in this area substantially complicated. In order to tes...
In the middle southern section of the Freshwater River–Small River Fault system, Xichang City, Daliang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is situated in the junction between the Anning River Fault and the Zemu River Fault. There has been a risk of i...
Desert oases are important parts of maintaining ecohydrology. However, irrigation water diverted from the Yellow River carries a large amount of salt into the desert oases in the Hetao plain. It is of the utmost importance to determine the characteri...
Typhoon Hagibis, which occurred at the beginning of October 2019, was one of the largest and most powerful tropical cyclones and was considered to be the most devastating typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history. Extreme heavy rainfall caused massive...
Concern has been expressed regarding the impacts of climate change on river ice and ice jam formation in cold regions. Ice jams are easily initiated in bends and narrow channels and cause disasters. In this study, observations and remote sensing moni...
In the Plitvice Lakes National Park, several hydrogeological catchments can be distinguished, but their boundaries are not clearly defined. This study focused on the Matica River catchment area, which covers the main contributors to the lake system a...
The primary sources and the conditions for the formation of the Paleogene–Neogene coal-bearing deposits in the Zeya–Bureya sedimentary basin were identified and studied with the help of paleogeographic reconstructions and geochemical analyses. Based...
Exploring prehistoric settlement patterns and their relationship to natural environments is a key focus in geological research, particularly in historically significant regions. The middle and lower reaches of the Yuanjiang River in northwestern Huna...
Asymmetrical river confluence zones play a critical role in water quality protection and remediation. This study develops a three-dimensional numerical model to simulate the hydraulic characteristics and contaminant dispersion processes within river...
With the intensification of socioeconomic activities and climate change, land use conflicts are becoming more and more serious, posing major obstacles to the sustainable use of territorial space. This study conducted research on land use conflict and...
The flow characteristics at the tributary entrance are crucial for ensuring safe navigation where the main channel and tributary converge. Along the inter-basin canal, numerous tributaries feature large confluence angles and significant flow discharg...
Ticks and tick-borne diseases pose a significant threat to public health. The Tumen River Basin is located at the junction of China, North Korea and Russia, whose warm climate and favorable ecological environment are suitable for the growth and repro...
3 August 2018
The present study aims to evaluate the potential of transcriptomic profiles in evaluating the impacts of complex mixtures of pollutants at environmentally relevant concentrations on aquatic vertebrates. The changes in gene expression were determined...
The direct extraction of clear water from a sandy river is a difficult task and can only be achieved through specific engineering measures. This paper proposes an artificial percolation riverbed structure for extracting clean water from sandy rivers,...
The application of UAV to acquire data on the morphometry of frazil ice floe in motion is demonstrated in the measurements conducted in the area of the Wrocław Water Junction at the Opatowice weir on the Odra River (Poland). Image processing was...
As a long lifeline system of buried structures, the utility tunnel (UT) is vulnerable to earthquake invasion. For utility tunnels with inverted siphon arrangements crossing rivers, the seismic response is more complex due to the basin effect of accel...
Ecological security patterns (ESPs) provide a solution for balancing the conflicts between ecological conservation and socio-economic development and maintaining sustainable regional development. Identifying sustainable ESPs should be a matter given...
The analysis and global comparison of World Natural Heritage values are important for the assessment of World Natural Heritage and are relevant for the sustainable development of the nominated potential areas. Pamir Plateau, known as the “Sprin...
It is difficult for a one-dimensional river network hydrodynamic model to manage bifurcations. Traditional methods use simplified junction methods to avoid solving physical equations at bifurcations, which can cause physical distortions and errors. I...
The Huangshan site in Nanyang, situated at the junction of the Nanyang Basin and the Jianghan Plain, represents a critical region for understanding the northward expansion of rice farming in China. Due to the scarcity of suitable organic material, th...
The Zhaotong area in Yunnan Province stands out as one of the most susceptible areas to landslide disasters. The landslide susceptibility of the Zhaotong area can be attributed to its steep terrain, fractured rock formations and strong rainfall, comp...
To solve the problem of unitary ecological compensation standards in river basins by scientifically clarifying the compensation for ecological protection investments and for pollution, this research divided ecological environment property relations b...
The river sediments in the eastern Makran were investigated to determine the influence of climate, tectonics, and source rocks based on the geochemistry of sediment delivery to the offshore marine basin. Samples were collected at the outlets of four...
Hydrologic currents and swimming behavior influence routing and survival of emigrating Chinook salmon in branched migratory corridors. Behavioral particle-tracking models (PTM) of Chinook salmon can estimate migration paths of salmon using the combin...
The spatial distribution and trend of carbon emissions in the Yellow River Basin—an important ecological barrier and economic belt in China—directly affect the stability of the ecosystem and the sustainable development of the regional eco...
A specific set of environmental conditions characterizes plant species patterns and distribution on Earth. Similarly, riparian vegetation can be impacted by anthropogenic activities like mining practices involving the removal of vegetation cover, whi...
8 October 2022
The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is a significant area of economic development and ecological protection in China. Scientifically clarifying the spatiotemporal patterns of carbon emissions and their driving factors is of great significance. Using the met...
To comprehensively explore the transport of air pollutants, one-year continuous online observation of PM2.5 was conducted from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 at Dianshan Lake, a suburban junction at the central of Yangtze River Delta. The chemical spe...
As more and more water projects are built on rivers, the flood control operation becomes more complex. Studies on the optimal flood control operation are very important to safeguard human life and property. This study focused on optimizing the operat...
As a climate-sensitive region of the Tibetan Plateau, the source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers (SRYYRs) urgently require an analysis of land cover change (LUCCs) over a long period, high temporal resolution, and high spatial resolution. Th...
Historic and cultural villages in China are increasingly challenged by rapid urbanization, uneven commercial development, and fragmented preservation mechanisms. Understanding their spatiotemporal distribution and the factors shaping it is crucial fo...
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