Channel Stability Workshop

• Description: Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎ - Governance Committee Meeting
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 8/30/2000
• Title: Presentation to GC on the Channel Stability Workshop
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

River Form is a Function of:
• Discharge (Peak Flow)
• Sediment Supply
• Vegetation
• Sediment Grain Size
• Channel Slope
. = = = = == Interaction of Above
Construction of large
reservoirs and diversion of
flows:
• PhysicallyTraps sediment.
• Stores peak flows.
• Sed. transport: Was about 7 - 8 million tons /year
• Now about 1 million tons /year
• Shifted the primary sediment source from
the North Platte River (finer grain size) to
the South Platte River (coarser grain size).
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