The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified at least one contaminated sediment site in every state in the US (US EPA, 2001). Sediment contamination is widespread for several reasons ...

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January to June, 2009), pp. 1-6 (6 pages) Abstract: Without a doubt the carried sediment load by a river is the most important factor in ...

The mudslides that follow wildfires in Southern California can be deadly and difficult to predict. New research can help officials identify areas prone to these mudslides and respond before disaster ...

As the fifth-longest river and the most sediment-laden river in the world, the Yellow River in China supports agriculture and human survival, irrigating 13% of the nation’s crops with just 3% of the ...

Rivers are an integral part of the hydrologic cycle and are the major geologic agents which erode the continents and transport water and sediments to the oceans. Thus rivers constitute an important ...

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Godavari, the most important river in peninsular India, has seen a dramatic decline in its sediment load over the past five decades, aggravating coastal erosion along the Bay of Bengal where it ...

The rapid decrease of the sediment load in the Mekong River has been largely caused by hydropower dams. WWF in Vietnam last week said suspended sediment load decreased from 160 million tons to 75 ...

The Pantanal represents 1.8% of Brazil's total area, occupying 150,000 square kilometers in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul states. With a mixture of floodable and non-floodable savannas, meadows, ...

Godavari, the most important river in peninsular India, has seen a dramatic decline in its sediment load over the past five decades, aggravating coastal erosion along the Bay of Bengal where it ...