Erosion - Deposition in Hooghly Estuary
Abstract
An attempt has been made to give an overall idea of erosion-deposition at theBalari-Haldia-Gangra reach of the Hooghly estuary in India. The sediment transport relationships developed by van Rijn and AcKers- White have been tried. Calculation of bed-load transport has beenmade based on'bed material sizes, flow conditions, depth and width of the channels, during 1993-97 Comparison of the results indicates the discrepancies between calculated and observed quantum of deposition/erosion to the extent of 0.6 to 0 :8 times in case ofvan Rijn ' sequation and 0.8 to 1.8 times incase of Ackers-White's model. Results sugges that the Haldia-Balari channel is deteriorating due toaccumulation of sediment.References
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