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Connectivity of Segreated and Blocked Space in the River

Author(s): Jin Woo Lee; Chang Wan Kim; Sejong Han; Yong-Sik Cho

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Keywords: River Restoration; Segregated and Blocked Space; Connectivity; Watershed Health

Abstract: Recently, river maintenance is change due to concern for the environment increases. Thus, the river restoration and river environment is best part of river maintenance. In case of Korea, existing river is improvement straightly for flood control and transportation. When the stream channel is straightly, maintain stability is important. Thus, construction of levees along the river. The various river structures for the purpose of flood control and transportation are inhibit factors of longitudinal and lateral connectivity. Connectivity is defined as the maintenance of lateral, longitudinal, and vertical pathways for biological, hydrological, and physical processes. Long-term point of view, increased connectivity is very important for a healthy ecosystem composition. As the first step of river restoration, this study described theory and concept of river continuum and the numerical model was applied to a real topography to simulate the flow analysis with or without segregated and blocked space in the Mangyung River which is located in the south western area of Korea. The results of this study can be utilized to develop the watershed connectivity assessments methods in order to the river restoration.

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Year: 2014

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