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Effects of Change in Stream Regimen Below Glen Canyon Dam on the Morphology of the Colorado River
With the closure of Glen Canyon Dam the stream regimen of the Colorado River was changed, flows were controlled so that there were no longer any floods, and all sediment coming down was trapped. As a result the river is degrading and in about 200 years the process will have changed the river all the way to Lake Mead. Except for those beaches faced with cobbles through self-armouring, the existing sandy beaches will be gone. The process is slow but inevitable and the effects are apparent already in the reach of river down to Lees Ferry.
Effects of Change in Stream Regimen Below Glen Canyon Dam on the Morphology of the Colorado River
With the closure of Glen Canyon Dam the stream regimen of the Colorado River was changed, flows were controlled so that there were no longer any floods, and all sediment coming down was trapped. As a result the river is degrading and in about 200 years the process will have changed the river all the way to Lake Mead. Except for those beaches faced with cobbles through self-armouring, the existing sandy beaches will be gone. The process is slow but inevitable and the effects are apparent already in the reach of river down to Lees Ferry.
Effects of Change in Stream Regimen Below Glen Canyon Dam on the Morphology of the Colorado River
E. M. Laursen (author) / S. Ince (author) / E. Silverston (author)
1977
9 pages
Report
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English