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Impact of groyne on channel morphology and sedimentology in an ephemeral alluvial river of Bengal Basin

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Numerous groynes had been constructed on the Dwarkeswar River to improve bank protection. Among them, groynes adjacent to the village Rautara of Khandaghosh Block, West Bengal have been studied which were constructed in the year of 2009. This study investigates the alteration of channel morphology, sedimentology and flow characteristics influenced by emerged groynes through micro-level field study. An extensive field survey has been made with a dumpy level and fifty-nine sediment samples were collected from the field. Different channel parameters such as degradation aggradation ratio, braided index, channel instability and bar occupied area indices have been used from 2003 to 2018. The simulation of channel flow has been done using HEC RAS. It has been found that width/depth (w/d) ratio, bankfull channel width, channel area and sand-bed length of the river decrease due to groyne construction. On the other hand, channel maximum bankfull channel depth, depositional rate, the difference between average depth, maximum depth and braided index drastically increased. Increasing flow velocity, flow deflection with coarse and poorly sorted multimodal sediments near the tip of the groynes as well as decreasing flow velocity, curve flow path, accelerated sedimentation with elevating river bed have been observed. Altogether result indicates that the emerged groynes are effective in protecting the river banks at the cost of channel degradation.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the geography department of Burdwan University. We also very much thankful the University Grants Commission (UGC), India for supporting our work financially (UGC letter No. F.15-6(DEC.2013)). The authors are also very grateful to the several anonymous reviewers and the editor-in-chief of this journal for their productive suggestion and comments.

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Malik, S., Pal, S.C. Impact of groyne on channel morphology and sedimentology in an ephemeral alluvial river of Bengal Basin. Environ Earth Sci 78, 631 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8642-0

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