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Stream Regimes: River Eco-Morphology

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ENV-418: River eco-morphodynamics and bioengineering

The course deals with the interactions between hydraulics, solid transport by hauling and the watercourse space at the origin of the morphology and richness of habitats. Regime theory is presented and the quality of a stream's habitat is assessed. ...

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This lecture covers the concept of stream regimes, focusing on the natural width of river beds, the development of watercourses, and the impact of hydraulic constructions. It discusses the different styles of streams, the empirical formulas used to determine river characteristics, and the methods for calculating regime width. The instructor presents historical floods, irreversible constraints, and the ecological functions of rivers. The lecture also explores the morphological adjustments caused by changes in water intake, the longitudinal variation of energy in rivers, and the calculation processes involved in river eco-morphology.

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A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment often increase the intensity and frequency of flooding, for example land use changes such as deforestation and removal of wetlands, changes in waterway course or flood controls such as with levees, and larger environmental issues such as climate change and sea level rise.

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