The impact of river regulation in the Tigris and Euphrates on the Arvandroud Estuary

The impact of river regulation in the Tigris and Euphrates on the Arvandroud Estuary

The Arvandroud river (also known as Shatt-al-Arab) and its estuary have been degraded due to the changing river flow regime in the Tigris and Euphrates. This study assessed changes in flow from the major rivers and the impacts on the estuary. To assess the river flow changes, three major flow regime...

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Veröffentlicht in:Progress in physical geography 2020-12, Vol.44 (6), p.948-970
Hauptverfasser: Haghighi, Ali Torabi, Sadegh, Mojtaba, Bhattacharjee, Joy, Sönmez, Mehmet Emin, Noury, Mojtaba, Yilmaz, Nese, Noori, Roohollah, Kløve, Bjørn
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Sprache:eng
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Estuaries
Flow mapping
Land degradation
Land use
Remote sensing
River flow
Rivers
Stream flow
Upstream
Vegetation cover
Water use
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Zusammenfassung:The Arvandroud river (also known as Shatt-al-Arab) and its estuary have been degraded due to the changing river flow regime in the Tigris and Euphrates. This study assessed changes in flow from the major rivers and the impacts on the estuary. To assess the river flow changes, three major flow regime attributes were computed: timing (TIF), magnitude (MIF), and variability (VIF). By combining these indices, the total flow regime impact factor (IF) was scaled between 0 and 1, and classified into five groups: Low (0.80
ISSN:0309-1333
1477-0296
DOI:10.1177/0309133320938676