Casa de piedra dam: effects of clear water on the river Colorado hydrography
The construction of Casa de Piedra (Stone House) dam, in the final stretch of Colorado river high valley, radically modified down waters the hydrologic river course, especially regarding sediment transport, the majority of which settles in the lake. Consequently, waters the dam distributes, contain...
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Facultad de Humanidades Universidad Nacional del Comahue
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/geografia/article/view/1761 |
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| Sumario: | The construction of Casa de Piedra (Stone House) dam, in the final stretch of Colorado river high valley, radically modified down waters the hydrologic river course, especially regarding sediment transport, the majority of which settles in the lake. Consequently, waters the dam distributes, contain a remarkable erosive capacity, and accelerate down waters hydrographic processes, increasing river "meandering" and bringing about what is known as the ―clear waters phenomenon causing adverse effects on watering zones.With the purpose of checking the fact in a quantitative way, cartographies from a certain stretch were taken, being this stretch considered a witness one in periodsaround 25 years, assessing meanders appearance and disappearance, and comparingthese quantities with the variation -in the same sense-, that took place since Casa dePiedra dam start up. The quantities were significant considering the relatively shorttime gone by. The fact was checked in a new aero - photographic flight, according towhich, in a shorter lapse, meanders number increased again in the witness stretch. |
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