EFFECT OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION INTO ARTIFICIAL EMBAYMENT BY TIDAL AND FLOOD FLOW ON EVIRONMENT OF EMBAYMENT

Abstract

The effect of sediment transportation into the artificial embayment by tidal and flood flow on the environment of embayment is considered. Changing of flow velocity and water depth by tidal event, and depth of accumulated sediment by flood event were investigated. It is thought that accumulated sediments in the embayment are transported by tidal flow, and accumulation of silt leads sediment of embayment to the anaerobic condition. Direct inflow of sediment in flood can be prevented with good devised configuration of the embayment and appropriate arrangement of vegetation.
On the embayment in tidal area, there is some possibility that effect of daily tidal flow on ecoenvironment is larger than that of irregular flood event.