<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the Southeastern Black Sea Region, rivers are dammed for hydroelectric power and irrigation. The natural course of fluvial alluvium transport is almost completely altered because of planned and constructed dams and coastal protection measures. Decreasing volume of sediment carried to the sea cause intensification of the shore erosion. The Black Sea Rivers and coastal areas of Turkey and Georgia are under heavy anthropogenic pressure because of the bed material extraction and coastal erosion rate. In this study, environmental effects of dams and related effects of sediment transport on coastal erosion in the Eastern Black Sea region are discussed.</p></abstract>

In the Southeastern Black Sea Region, rivers are dammed for hydroelectric power and irrigation. The natural course of fluvial alluvium transport is almost completely altered because of planned and constructed dams and coastal protection measures. Decreasing volume of sediment carried to the sea cause intensification of the shore erosion. The Black Sea Rivers and coastal areas of Turkey and Georgia are under heavy anthropogenic pressure because of the bed material extraction and coastal erosion rate. In this study, environmental effects of dams and related effects of sediment transport on coastal erosion in the Eastern Black Sea region are discussed.

River sediment transport and coastal erosion in the southeastern Black Sea rivers /  Transport riečnych sedimentov a erózia pobrežia riek krajiny v juhovýchodnej časti čierneho mora

Karadeniz Technical University, Engineering Faculty Civil Engineering Department, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey

Istanbul Kültür University Department of Civil Engineering 34 156 Istanbul, Turkey

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

In the Southeastern Black Sea Region, rivers are dammed for hydroelectric power and irrigation. The natural course of fluvial alluvium transport is almost...

River sediment transport and coastal erosion in the southeastern Black Sea rivers / Transport riečnych sedimentov a erózia pobrežia riek krajiny v juhovýchodnej časti čierneho mora

Published Online: Dec 14, 2012

Page range: 299 - 308

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10098-012-0026-z

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