“There's a thought that flooding incises, or removes, the sediment in a channel, but we’re seeing that floods actually deposit a significant amount of sediment into these channels,” says Santos.

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

He and the researchers report sediment deposits during Harvey ... as seen in the ship channel, but also because of the potential impact it can have on flooding in the Houston area.

Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will start sediment deposit operations at Goleta Beach on Jan. 11 following heavy rains across the county. Santa Barbara County Flood Control Director ...

Not only can these sediments reveal information about past climates, but also that, thousands of years ago, floods ... or not ...

The goal is “to restore recreation uses and eliminate hazards” created by floodwater deposits in the 273-acre Union County oxbow lake during historic flooding last June. “All sediment and ...

“As design requirements have evolved and changed, flood control channels of today ... you have is a lot of sediment, a lot of dirt, a lot of sand with no natural deposits so we can’t channel ...

As politicians argue over just how much land the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion could ... Then, in 2019, flooding pushed the narrow channel into a widening crevasse. To mirror what Neptune ...

A sediment and debris management study commissioned by the Oriskany Creek Watershed Commission has identified several strategies to mitigate flooding ... downcutting of the channel and loss ...

Iowa has had a wide range of weather in the past few weeks, with areas of extreme flooding in the northwest part of the state. As the waters begin to recede, there are many considerations people ...