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Influence of River Discharge Fluctuation and Tributary Mixing on Water Quality of Geum River, Korea (유량변화와 지류유입에 따른 금강의 수질 변화)

  • Shim, Moo Joon;Lee, Soo Hyung
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.313-318
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    • 2015
  • To study the influence of changes in river discharge on water quality of the main stem of the Geum River, we investigated variation of inflow load from tributaries with river discharge. We also studied the mixing behavior of pollutants during mixing of waters of the main stem and Gap Stream. For this study, we collected water quality data such as suspended solids (SS), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) representing pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon events of 2013 from a website of Water Information System. Based on inflow load, the Gap and Miho streams may be ones of tributaries which may largely influence water quality of main stem in upper river region. The Suksung and Nonsan Streams seemed to further affect water quality downstream. Results of modified EMMA indicated SS and TP may have another source(besides Gap Stream) at pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon period. In contrast, TN and organic matter (BOD, COD, TOC) were conservative at pre-monsoon and post-monsoon. However, when river discharge increased, these pollutants may also came from unspecified non-point sources. Therefore, we need to attempt to find non-point sources for the pollutants in the main channel of upper Geum River region.

Characteristics of Channel Bend Reach and Shape of Cross-Section (유로 만곡부 특성과 단면현상)

  • Song, Jai Woo;Park, Young Jin;Lee, Yong Hwan
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.1191-1197
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    • 1994
  • The purpose of this study is to examine morphometric characteristics in a channel bend reach. The new shape factor is suggested that channel deformation rate of cross section (${\Delta}A_s$) showed the variation of concentrated location of force due to the current and the variation of erosional section in alluvial channel. In the downstream direction the meaning of decreasing "${\Delta}A_s$" is the stability of channel bed. This study was analyzed morphological characteristics of cross section-width of channel ($W_s$), width to the thalweg ($W_{th}$), maximum depth ($D_{th}$)-on the Guem River, and typical cross sections in channel bend were proposed. The channel migration rate (M) for the study river was represented that the zones of curvature ratio (R/W) with 2~4 were larger 12% than other zones.

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Flood Analysis by Unsteady Flow on Tidal River Estuary (부정류에 의한 감조하천의 홍수분석)

  • 김현영
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.81-88
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    • 1990
  • The flow in a river reach where is influenced by tidal motion is characterized by unsteady flow. The flood analysis in the river reach needs depending upon the theory based on the complete unsteady flow equations. In this study the unsteady flow model which is called CRIUM (Channel Routing by Implicit Unsteady Flow Model) was developed and was applied to the Mankyong and Dongjin river in order to analyze the flood characteristics. The results, which were calibrated and verified by the flood records to be measured in the two rivers, show that unsteady flow mode] can be used for the derivation of the flood hydrograph. The peak flood discharges were estimated as 4,960 and $2,870m^3$/sec in 100 year frequency at the estuary of the Mankyong and Dongjin river, respectively. In addition, it was analyzed that the river reaches were not influenced by tidal motion when the discharge magnitude was larger than approximately $3,000m^3$/sec.

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The Conprehesion of the River Wetlands Through JangJyoua Wetlands in ImJin Gang (임진강 장좌못을 통하여 본 하천습지의 이해)

  • Moon, Hyun-Sook
    • Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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    • no.72
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 2006
  • JangJyoua wetland is the bow lake that was become through the change of river change. It is the river wetlands and the swamps-type III. The water in wetlands is in and out through the Imjin old river channel. The river wetlands has been classified by many scholar. But there are two conditions that JangJyoua is developed on the floodplains and is same the ground water table between JangJyoua and ImjinGang. So, JangJyoua is the swamps-type III.

Numerical Experiments of Vegetation Growth Effects on Bed Change Patterns (식생생장 영향을 고려한 하도변화에 대한 수치모의)

  • Kim, Hyung Suk;Park, Moon Hyeong;Woo, Hyo Seop
    • Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.68-81
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the numerical simulation regarding the process and characteristics of topography change due to the vegetation recruitment and growth was carried out by adding the vegetation growth model to two-dimensional flow and sediment transport models. The vegetation introduction and recruitment on the condition for developing an alternate bar reduced the bar migration. The vegetated area and channel width changes were more significantly influenced by changes in upstream discharge rather than the duration of low flow. When the upstream discharge decreased, the vegetation area increased and the channel width decreased. The vegetation introduction and recruitment on the condition for developing a braided channel significantly influenced the characteristics of topography changes. In the braided channel, vegetation reduced the braided index, and when the upstream discharge decreased significantly, the channel topography was changed from the braided channel to the single channel. The vegetation area decreased as the upstream discharge increased. The channel width decreased significantly after the vegetation was introduced and it also decreased as the upstream discharge decreased. It was confirmed through the numerical simulation that a decrease in flood discharge accelerated the vegetation introduction and recruitment in the channel and this allowed to confirm its influence on the characteristics of topography changes qualitatively.

Influences of An Extreme Flood on Habitual Environment of Aquatic Ecosystem of Urban Stream (거대홍수가 도시하천의 수생생태계 서식환경에 미치는 영향)

  • Son, Myoung-Won
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influences of extreme flood on urban stream's habitat environment at Shincheon stream in Daegu. In case of Shincheon stream, as any extreme floods have not flowed over the artificial bank, an extreme flood have an effects on inner part of confined channel. To make riparian park along Shincheon channel, Concrete and rubber weirs are constructed. These weirs interrupted flow of running water as obstacles during extreme flood, and running water moved aside into and destructed banks of lower-flow-channel. In reach of no weir, as all small-scale topographic bedforms were eliminated, habitat environment of river ecosystem was simplified, and biodiversity of river ecosystem was decreased. As simplified riverbed become irregular bedforms through frequent small-scale-floods, river ecosystem will become vigorous.

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Analysis of bed change based on the geometric characteristics of channel cross-sections (유로 단면의 기하학적 특성을 이용한 하상변화량 분석)

  • Ko, Joo Suk;Lee, Kyungsu;Kwak, Sunghyun;Lyu, Siwan
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.53 no.12
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    • pp.1097-1107
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    • 2020
  • A methodology has been proposed to understand the spatiotemporal changes of the river topography through the longitudinal change of the geometric characteristics of the cross-sections and the properties related thereto. Three-dimensional spatial information of the riverbed was obtained through the detailed bathymetry survey using an acoustic echo sounder for the reach from Gumi Weir to Chilgok Weir in the Nakdong river. Geometric informations for the reference sections were extracted using the acquired bathymetry survey data. By comparing the geometric properties for the reference sections, it was possible to catch the topographic characteristics and its changes over a reach of the channel. Through comparison with past survey data, it was also possible to quantitatively grasp the amount of change in cross-sectional area and volumetric change of riverbed. It is expected that a quantitative evaluation of river topography changes will be possible by applying the method proposed in this study.

A Study on the Landforms Near of Mooseom Village, Naeseongcheon (내성천 무섬마을 인근의 하천 지형 특성에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong Yeon;Shin, Won Jeong
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2019
  • Naeseongcheon is Korea's representative sand stream, and it is one of the regions where the dynamic changes of various river topography developed in the sand bed can be observed. Most of drainage area near of the river channel are formed with Daebo granite, and the granite weathering zone is developed at the surface of hill. Due to the massive input of sediment flux, braided channel reaches are found some of the area. However, the results of the study shows that the alluvial layer is very thin in some reaches. In addition, bedrock or weathered materials, including the Tors are exposed at the channel beds. On the other hand, during the flood, a considerable amount of sediment was introduced, causing the massive sediment to be close to 1m thick. In addition, despite the short distance, large changes in the particle size and sorting of the sediment were observed. Vegetation, on the other hand, has been shown to have a significant effect on the development of the overall channel bed topography, as reported in previous studies. In small floods or low water levels, vegetation's protection role of the surface is predominates, but in large flood conditions, herbaceous loss at the surface of the point bars, accelerating the erosion of surface.