Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers

Dams constructed on fine-grained rivers cause an increase in flow resistance downstream, thereby amplifying, rather than reducing, flood stage.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hongbo Ma, Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Xudong Fu, Gary Parker, Yuanfeng Zhang, Yuanjian Wang, Yanjun Wang, Michael P. Lamb, Julia Cisneros, Jim Best, Daniel R. Parsons, Baosheng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30730-9