Quantitative relationship between channels and bars in a tidal reach of the lower Yangtze River: Implications for river management |
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| Authors: | Yang Yunping Zheng Jinhai Zhang Wei Zhu Yude Chai Yuanfang Wang Jianjun Wen Yuncheng |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China2. Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering, Ministry of Transport, Tianjin 300456, China3. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Earth Sciences, Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands4. Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing 210029, China |
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| Abstract: | Deep-water navigation channels in the tidal reaches of the lower Yangtze River are affected by water and sediment fluxes that produce complex shoals and unstable channel conditions.The Fujiangsha reach is particularly difficult to manage,as it has many braided channels within the tidal fluctuation zone.In this study,hydrologic and topographic data from the Fujiangsha reach from 2012 to 2017 were used to examine the variations in deposition and erosion,flow diversion,shoals,and channel conditions.Since the Three Gorges Dam became operational and water storage was initiated,the Fujiangsha reach has shown an overall tendency toward erosion.Channels deeper than 10 m accounted for 83.7％ of the total erosion of the Fujiangsha reach during 2012-2017.Moreover,the dominant channel-forming sediments have gradually changed from suspended sediments to a mixed load of suspended and bed-load sediments.Deposition volumes of these sediments has varied significantly among different channels,but has mainly occurred in the Fubei channel.Furthermore,peri-odic variations in the Jingjiang point bar have followed a deposition-erosion-deposition pat-tern,and the downstream Shuangjian shoal mid-channel bar has been scoured and short-ened.Approximately 44.0％ of the bed load from the upstream Fujiangsha reach is deposited within the 12.5-m deep Fubei channel.The increased erosion and river flow from the Jingjiang point bar and the Shuangjian shoal during the flood season constituted 59.3％ and 40.7％,respectively,of the total amount of siltation in the Fubei channel. |
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| Keywords: | tidal current fluctuating reach point and central bar channel conditions quantitative relationship lower reaches of the Yangtze River Fujiangsha reach |
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