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Sediments |
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Authors: |
Hrissanthou, Vlassios |
Reviewer: |
Giannopoulos, Panagiotis |
Subject: | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > > |
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Abstract: |
The term “sediments” is encountered many times in the previous chapters, because it is immediately connected with the scientific area of river hydraulics. There is even an interdependence relation between flow and geomorphology of a river bed, while an interaction between sediments and hydraulic structures in rivers and torrents exists. Therefore, in the fifth chapter, basic terms of sediments are given, and bed load and suspended load sediments in rivers are studied separately. The suspended load sediments in a river originate mainly from the soil erosion of the corresponding basin. For this reason, the sediments transported in basins are studied separately. Additionally, the phenomenon of reservoir sedimentation is described. Finally, sediments are considered as biotopes, in which bacteria, fungi, algae, benthic organisms, weeds and high plants are grown, while fishes also live.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Papadopoulou, Theodora |
Technical Editors: |
Kokkos, Nikolaos |
Graphic Editors: |
Kokkos, Nikolaos |
Type: |
Chapter |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
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License: |
Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5438 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Hrissanthou, V. (2015). Sediments [Chapter]. In Hrissanthou, V. 2015. River Engineering: River Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/5438 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
River Engineering: River Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |