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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF EARTH DAM FAILURES AND SPILLWAY MALFUNCTIONS (2013)
<p>This study was carried out in selected districts of Mashonaland, East and Central provinces of Zimbabwe in 2011 to determine the environmental impacts of earth dam failures and spillway malfunctions with regards to soil erosion. A total of 14 earth dams ...
Reference: Vol. 3 (5), pp. 177-186, August 2013
CONSEQUENCES OF DAM CONSTRUCTION UPSTREAM OF THE UPPER PARANÁ RIVER FLOODPLAIN: TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHIRONOMIDAE COMMUNITY OVER AN EIGHT-YEAR PERIOD (2009)
Our study aimed to identify patterns of temporal variation and changes in the structure of the community of Chironomidae larvae in two rivers in the Upper Paraná River floodplain after the construction of a reservoir upstream (Porto Primavera). Samples were ...
Reference: Braz. J. Biol., 69 (2, Suppl.): 591-608, 2009
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF DAMS ON THE ENVIRONMENT (2007)
<p>Dams have one of the most important roles in utilizing water resources. They were started to construct long years before gaining present information about hydrology and hydromechanics.<br />Dams have a great deal of positive and negative effects on the ...
Reference: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
HUNGRY WATER: EFFECTS OF DAMS AND GRAVEL MINING ON RIVER CHANNELS (1997)
<p>Rivers transport sediment from eroding uplands to depositional areas near sea level. If the continuity of sediment transport is interrupted by dams or removal of sediment from the channel by gravel mining, the flow may become sediment-starved (hungry water) ...
Reference: Environmental Management Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 533–551