Sedimentation of overbank floods in the confined complex channel-floodplain system of the Lower Yellow River, China
Sedimentation of overbank floods in the confined complex channel-floodplain system of the Lower Yellow River, China
The channel boundary conditions along the Lower Yellow River (LYR) have been altered significantly since the 1950s with the continual reinforcement and construction of both main and secondary dykes and river training works. To evaluate how the confined complex channel-floodplain system of the LYR responds to floods, this study presents a detailed investigation of the relationship between the tempo-spatial distribution of sedimentation/erosion and overbank floods occurred in the LYR. For large overbank floods, we found that when the sediment transport coefficient (ratio of sediment concentration of flow to flow discharge) is less than 0.034, the bankfull channel is subject to significant erosion, while the main and secondary floodplains both accumulate sediment. The amount of sediment deposited on the main and secondary floodplains is closely related to the ratio ofpeak discharge to bankfull discharge, volume of water flowing over the floodplains and sediment concentration of overbank flow, while the degree of erosion in the bankfull channel is related to the amount of sediment deposited on the main and secondary floodplains, water volume and sediment load in flood season. The significant increase in erosion in the bankfull channel is due to the construction of the main and secondary dykes and river training works, which are largely in a wide and narrow alternated pattern along the LYR such that the water flowing over wider floodplains returns to the channel downstream after it drops sediment. For small overbank floods, the bankfull channel is subject to erosion when the sediment transport coefficient is less than 0.028, while the amount of sediment deposited on the secondary floodplain is associated closely with the sediment concentration of flow. Over the entire length of the LYR, the situation of erosion in the bankfull channel and sediment deposition on the main and secondary floodplains occurred mainly in the upper reach of the LYR, in which a channel wandering in planform has been well developed.
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Zhang, Min
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Huang, He Qing
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30 September 2017
Zhang, Min
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Huang, He Qing
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Carling, Paul A.
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Zhang, Mingwu
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Zhang, Min, Huang, He Qing, Carling, Paul A. and Zhang, Mingwu
(2017)
Sedimentation of overbank floods in the confined complex channel-floodplain system of the Lower Yellow River, China.
Hydrological Processes, 31 (20), .
(doi:10.1002/hyp.11260).
Abstract
The channel boundary conditions along the Lower Yellow River (LYR) have been altered significantly since the 1950s with the continual reinforcement and construction of both main and secondary dykes and river training works. To evaluate how the confined complex channel-floodplain system of the LYR responds to floods, this study presents a detailed investigation of the relationship between the tempo-spatial distribution of sedimentation/erosion and overbank floods occurred in the LYR. For large overbank floods, we found that when the sediment transport coefficient (ratio of sediment concentration of flow to flow discharge) is less than 0.034, the bankfull channel is subject to significant erosion, while the main and secondary floodplains both accumulate sediment. The amount of sediment deposited on the main and secondary floodplains is closely related to the ratio ofpeak discharge to bankfull discharge, volume of water flowing over the floodplains and sediment concentration of overbank flow, while the degree of erosion in the bankfull channel is related to the amount of sediment deposited on the main and secondary floodplains, water volume and sediment load in flood season. The significant increase in erosion in the bankfull channel is due to the construction of the main and secondary dykes and river training works, which are largely in a wide and narrow alternated pattern along the LYR such that the water flowing over wider floodplains returns to the channel downstream after it drops sediment. For small overbank floods, the bankfull channel is subject to erosion when the sediment transport coefficient is less than 0.028, while the amount of sediment deposited on the secondary floodplain is associated closely with the sediment concentration of flow. Over the entire length of the LYR, the situation of erosion in the bankfull channel and sediment deposition on the main and secondary floodplains occurred mainly in the upper reach of the LYR, in which a channel wandering in planform has been well developed.
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Accepted/In Press date: 19 June 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 August 2017
Published date: 30 September 2017
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