Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada
This study was made in the lower portion of the Saint-Maurice River, one of the important rivers of Southern Québec. This study examines processes and phenomena who affect several banks of this portion of the river. Factors responsible for bank erosion such as waves and currents, water level changes...
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2002-06-01
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| author | Diane Saint-Laurent Michel Bérubé Isabelle Thériault Michel Lemieux |
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| description | This study was made in the lower portion of the Saint-Maurice River, one of the important rivers of Southern Québec. This study examines processes and phenomena who affect several banks of this portion of the river. Factors responsible for bank erosion such as waves and currents, water level changes and ice conditions are examined. The study covers specifically the river section between the Manigance rapids, North of the Grand-Mère hydroelectric power plant, and the des Hêtres rapids, in the South. Upstream of the power plant, banks are mostly made of clay or silty-clay more than half of the banks are active, that is 74,7 km on a total of 114,4 km. Downstream of the power plant, banks are mostly made of sand or a mixture of sand and gravel. The active banks form less than 10 %, or about 10,5 km in length for this sector. The rate of bank recession assessed by the digitalization of aerial photographs is of about 0,5 metres per year for the most eroded banks. The most affected zones are located in the high terraces of clay. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af12e86d27504409a3c648e564d1d5e02022-12-21T21:34:06ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352002-06-01210913210.4000/belgeo.16018Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, CanadaDiane Saint-LaurentMichel BérubéIsabelle ThériaultMichel LemieuxThis study was made in the lower portion of the Saint-Maurice River, one of the important rivers of Southern Québec. This study examines processes and phenomena who affect several banks of this portion of the river. Factors responsible for bank erosion such as waves and currents, water level changes and ice conditions are examined. The study covers specifically the river section between the Manigance rapids, North of the Grand-Mère hydroelectric power plant, and the des Hêtres rapids, in the South. Upstream of the power plant, banks are mostly made of clay or silty-clay more than half of the banks are active, that is 74,7 km on a total of 114,4 km. Downstream of the power plant, banks are mostly made of sand or a mixture of sand and gravel. The active banks form less than 10 %, or about 10,5 km in length for this sector. The rate of bank recession assessed by the digitalization of aerial photographs is of about 0,5 metres per year for the most eroded banks. The most affected zones are located in the high terraces of clay.http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/16018bank erosion and bank recessioncalculation of waves erosionhydroelectric power plantSaint-Maurice RiverQuébecCanada |
| spellingShingle | Diane Saint-Laurent Michel Bérubé Isabelle Thériault Michel Lemieux Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada Belgeo bank erosion and bank recession calculation of waves erosion hydroelectric power plant Saint-Maurice River Québec Canada |
| title | Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada |
| title_full | Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada |
| title_fullStr | Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada |
| title_short | Phénomènes d’érosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la rivière Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada |
| title_sort | phenomenes d erosion fluviale et conditions hydrodynamiques de la riviere saint maurice quebec canada |
| topic | bank erosion and bank recession calculation of waves erosion hydroelectric power plant Saint-Maurice River Québec Canada |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/16018 |
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