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Effects of Dams and Barrages on River Channels

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This chapter provides a brief overview of effects of dams and barrages as: effects of dams on river channels, effects of gravel mining on river channels, effects of denudation on river channels, channel incision, bed coarsening and loss of spawning gravels, gravel replenishment below dams, sediment sluicing and pass-through from reservoirs, channel narrowing and fine sediment accumulation below dams and coastal erosion.

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Hamada, Y.M. (2017). Effects of Dams and Barrages on River Channels. In: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, its Impact on Egyptian Agriculture and the Potential for Alleviating Water Scarcity . Environment & Policy, vol 55. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54439-7_5

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