FLOOD01169

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Title: Design Guidelines and Criteria Channels and Hydraulic Structures on Sandy Soil
• Date: 6/1/1981
• Prepared For: UDFCD
• Prepared By: Simons Li & Associates Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

LIST OF TABLES .

LIST OF FIGURES.

I. INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1 General.
1.2 Authorization.
1.3, Objective
1.4 Use of Design Standards.

II. CHARACTERISTICS OF SAND-BED CHANNELS

2.1
2.2

General. . . . .
River Morphology and River Response.

2.2.1

2.2.2

Stream Form and Classifications.

2.2.1.1
2.2.1.2
2.2.1.3
2.2.1.4
2.2.1.5

Straight Channels. . .
The Braided Stream . .
The Meandering Channel
The Continuum of Channel Patterns.
The Longitudinal Profile

Qualitative Response of River Systems.

2.2.2.1

2.2.2.2

Prediction of General River
Response to Change .
Qualitative Analysis of
River Response

2.2.2.2.1
2.2.2.2.2

The Construction of a Dam
Lowering of Base Level for
Tributary Stream. . . .
Raising Base Level for
Tributary Stream. . . .
Straightening of a Reach
by Cutoffs.

2.2.2.2.3

2.2.2.2.4

2.3

Physical Properties of Sediments

2.3.1
2.3.2

General.
Sediment Size.

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