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  title info:
    title: Reservoir sedimentation
  name:
    name part: Annandale, G. W.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    place:
      place term: Amsterdam
    place:
      place term: New York
    publisher: Elsevier
    date issued: 1987
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: Research on reservoir sedimentation in recent years has been aimed mainly at water resources projects in developing countries. These countries, especially in Africa, often have to cope with long droughts, flash floods and severe erosion problems. Large reservoir capacities are required to capture water provided by flash floods so as to ensure the supply of water in periods of drought. The problem arising however is that these floods, due to their tremendous stream power, carry enormous volumes of sediment which, due to the size of reservoirs, are virtually deposited in toto in the reservoir basin, leading to fast deterioration of a costly investment. Accurate forecasting of reservoir behaviour is therefore of the utmost importance. This book fills a gap in current literature by providing in one volume comprehensive coverage of techniques required to practically investigate the effects sediment deposition in reservoirs has on the viability of water resources projects. Current techniques for practically estimating sediment yield from catchments, estimating the volume of sediment expected to deposit in reservoirs, predicting sediment distribution and calculating scour downstream of reservoirs are evaluated and presented. The liberal use of diagrams and graphs to explain the various techniques enhances understanding and makes practical application simple. A major feature of the book is the application of stream power theory to explain the process of reservoir sedimentation and to develop four new methods for predicting sediment distribution in reservoirs. The book is primarily directed at practising engineers involved in the planning and design of water resources projects and at post-graduate students interested in this field of study.
  table of contents: 1. Problems Related to Reservoir Sedimentation. 2. Open Channel Hydraulics. 3. River Behaviour. 4. Sediment Transport Theories. 5. Estimation of Sediment Yield. 6. Preventative Measures. 7. Distribution of Deposited Sediment. 8. Stream Power Theory. 9. Scour Downstream of Reservoirs. References. Index.
  note: G.W. Annandale.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-219) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Reservoir sedimentation
  subject:
    topic: Réservoirs
    topic: Sédimentation
  subject:
    topic: Réservoirs (Lacs)
    topic: Sédimentation
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Environmental
    topic: Water Supply
  subject:
    topic: Reservoir sedimentation
  subject:
    topic: Natural resources: Water
    topic: Reservoirs
    topic: Sedimentation
  classification: TD396 .A56 1987eb
  classification: 628.1/32
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      title: Reservoir sedimentation
    name:
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    origin info:
      publisher: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1987
    identifier: (DLC) 86024367
    identifier: (OCoLC)14588508
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    record content source: OPELS
    record creation date: 090320
    record change date: 20260326161128.6
    record identifier: in00005736812
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng