TY - GEN
T1 - Influence of vegetation on the propagation of flood waves
AU - De Doncker, L.
AU - Verhoeven, R.
AU - Troch, P.
AU - Desmet, N.
AU - Meire, P.
AU - Seuntjes, P.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Research on river ecosystems asks for a multidisciplinary approach. All components such as water, macrophytes, sediment, suspended solids, etc. play an important role. The presence of macrophytes in rivers has an influence on water levels and flow patterns since a wealthy vegetation growth causes back water effects and consequently higher upstream water levels. In view of this, flood risk increases in periods of higher flows and greater vegetation growth. So, river management also deals with the control of vegetation. Good management contributes not only to the quality of the water and the ecosystem, but also to flood protection.
AB - Research on river ecosystems asks for a multidisciplinary approach. All components such as water, macrophytes, sediment, suspended solids, etc. play an important role. The presence of macrophytes in rivers has an influence on water levels and flow patterns since a wealthy vegetation growth causes back water effects and consequently higher upstream water levels. In view of this, flood risk increases in periods of higher flows and greater vegetation growth. So, river management also deals with the control of vegetation. Good management contributes not only to the quality of the water and the ecosystem, but also to flood protection.
KW - Backwater effect
KW - Ecological modelling
KW - Vegetated rivers
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U2 - 10.2495/AFM080321
DO - 10.2495/AFM080321
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:58749105644
SN - 9781845641092
T3 - WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences
SP - 331
EP - 339
BT - Advances in Fluid Mechanics VII
T2 - 7th International Conference on Advances in Fluid Mechanics, AFM'08
Y2 - 21 May 2008 through 23 May 2008
ER -