Sedimentation of overbank floods in the confined complex channel–floodplain system of the Lower Yellow River, China

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 31; no. 20; pp. 3472 - 3488
• Main Authors: Zhang, Min, Huang, He Qing, Carling, Paul A., Zhang, Mingwu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 30.09.2017
• Subjects: Boundary conditions; channel–floodplain interaction; China; Construction; Dikes; Discharge; Erosion; Flood peak; Floodplains; Floods; Lower Yellow River; overbank floods; pollution load; River channels; Rivers; Sediment; Sediment concentration; sediment deposition; Sediment load; Sediment transport; sediment yield; Sedimentation; Sedimentation & deposition; sediments; Soil erosion; Spatial distribution; Training; Transport; Transport properties; Volume transport; Yellow River; China; Yellow River

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 re...