Continuous tidal streamflow, water level, and specific conductance data for Union Creek and the Little Back, Middle, and Front Rivers, Savannah River Estuary, November 2008 to March 2009

2010 ◽  
pp. i-25
Author(s):  
Timothy H. Lanier ◽  
Paul Conrads
Keyword(s):  
Water Level ◽  
River Estuary ◽  
Specific Conductance ◽  
Savannah River ◽  
Conductance Data

scholarly journals Seasonal behaviour of tidal damping and residual water level slope in the Yangtze River estuary: identifying the critical position and river discharge for maximum tidal damping

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 2779-2794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huayang Cai ◽  
Hubert H. G. Savenije ◽  
Erwan Garel ◽  
Xianyi Zhang ◽  
Leicheng Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Level ◽  
River Discharge ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
River Estuary ◽  
Yangtze River Estuary ◽  
Residual Water ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The Yangtze River Estuary ◽  
Seasonal Behaviour ◽  
Residual Water Level

Abstract. As a tide propagates into the estuary, river discharge affects tidal damping, primarily via a friction term, attenuating tidal motion by increasing the quadratic velocity in the numerator, while reducing the effective friction by increasing the water depth in the denominator. For the first time, we demonstrate a third effect of river discharge that may lead to the weakening of the channel convergence (i.e. landward reduction of channel width and/or depth). In this study, monthly averaged tidal water levels (2003–2014) at six gauging stations along the Yangtze River estuary are used to understand the seasonal behaviour of tidal damping and residual water level slope. Observations show that there is a critical value of river discharge, beyond which the tidal damping is reduced with increasing river discharge. This phenomenon is clearly observed in the upstream part of the Yangtze River estuary (between the Maanshan and Wuhu reaches), which suggests an important cumulative effect of residual water level on tide–river dynamics. To understand the underlying mechanism, an analytical model has been used to quantify the seasonal behaviour of tide–river dynamics and the corresponding residual water level slope under various external forcing conditions. It is shown that a critical position along the estuary is where there is maximum tidal damping (approximately corresponding to a maximum residual water level slope), upstream of which tidal damping is reduced in the landward direction. Moreover, contrary to the common assumption that larger river discharge leads to heavier damping, we demonstrate that beyond a critical value tidal damping is slightly reduced with increasing river discharge, owing to the cumulative effect of the residual water level on the effective friction and channel convergence. Our contribution describes the seasonal patterns of tide–river dynamics in detail, which will, hopefully, enhance our understanding of the nonlinear tide–river interplay and guide effective and sustainable water management in the Yangtze River estuary and other estuaries with substantial freshwater discharge.

scholarly journals A Study of Sedimentation at the River Estuary on the Change of Reservoir Storage

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 03001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iskahar ◽  
Suripin ◽  
Isdiyana
Keyword(s):  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
River Estuary ◽  
Cross Sectional Area ◽  
Sectional Area ◽  
Sedimentation Pattern ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Channel Angle ◽  
Reservoir Storage

Estuary of the river that leads to the reservoir has characteristics include: relatively flat, there is a change in the increase of wet cross-sectional area and backwater. The backwater will cause the flow velocity to be reduced, so that the grains of sediment with a certain diameter carried by the flow will settle in the estuary of the river. The purpose of this research is to know the distribution and sedimentation pattern at the river estuary that leads to the reservoir with the change of water level in the reservoir storage, so the solution can be found to remove / reduce sediment before entering the reservoir. The method used is the experimental, by making the physical model of the river estuary leading to the reservoir. This study expects a solution to reduce sedimentation, so that sedimentation can be removed / minimized before entering the reservoir. This research tries to apply bypass channel to reduce the sedimentation at the river estuary. Bypass channels can be applied to overcome sedimentation at the river estuary, but in order for the sediment to be removed optimally, it is necessary to modify the mouth of bypass channel and channel angle.

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