Erosion and sedimentation during the September 2015 flooding of the Kinu River, central Japan.

ABSTRACT: Erosional and sedimentary features associated with flooding have been documented in both modern and past cases. However, only a few studies have demonstrated the relationship between these features and the corresponding hydraulic conditions that produced them, making it difficult to evaluate the magnitude of paleo-flooding. This study describes the characteristics associated with inundation depth and flow direction, as well as the erosional and sedimentary features resulting from the disastrous flooding of the Kinu River, central Japan, in September 2015. Water levels rose rapidly due to heavy rainfall that eventually overtopped, and subsequently breached, a levee in Joso City, causing destructive flooding on the surrounding floodplain. Distinctive erosional features are found next to the

SUBMITTER: Dan Matsumoto 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5039755 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature