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Floodplain inundation spectrum across the United States - Coggle Diagram
Floodplain inundation spectrum across
the United States
Future Challenges
More Research Needed
Small to Large Transportation
Downstream Fate
Account for Regional Differences :silhouettes:
Floodplain Connectivity
Seasonal Timing :
Scaling with Drainage Area
No Reach-to-Reach Geometric Heterogeneity
Valley Morphology
Flood Control Structures
Channelization Reservoirs
No Detailed Spatial Factors :warning:
River Flooding
Risks :warning:
Flood Damages
Worsens with Climate Change
Benefits :check:
Filter Pollutants
Food Web Support
Replenish Soils
Healthy Fisheries
Floodplain Event Inundation
Large Rivers
Volumes Greater
Possible Denitrification
Less Often
Small Rivers
Volumes Smaller
Possible Nutrient help
More Often
Specific Challenges
Need to Quantify
Flood Initiation :
Supporting Ecosystems
Transforming Water Quality :recycle:
Role in Storing Water
When Stream Water Enters
Thresholds are Estimated
Previous Studies
Don't Fully Characterize Floodplains
Misrepresent Small Floods :
Connections to Global Issues
Floods Influenced By
Rainfall
High Intensity Rainfall
Annual Snowmelt
Climate Change Increasing Frequency :red_flag:
Water Storage
Ecological Functioning
Enhanced Habitats
Sediment Storage
Food Production
Biomass Production
Destroy Young Crops :fire:
Societal Costs
Potential Solutions
Power Law Relationships
Key Inundation Descriptors :star:
Calculate River-Floodplain Exchange
Constant Basin/ Stream Size
Decreased Exchange with Size
Parsimonious Tool
Drainage Area
Inundation Metrics :
Fraction of Flood Inundates
Varies Systematically :pencil2:
Large: 2 Events/Year
Small: 4 Events/Year
Frequency
Decreased Stream Size Function
Duration
Stream Size Increases
7th order
2.7 Days
1st order
5 Hours
Sustainable River Basin Management
Local and Cumulative Efforts
Flood Risk :forbidden:
Water Storage
Water Quality :
Balance Water Demands
Human
Ecosystem
Strategies to Investigate
Threshold for Floodplain Inundation
Breakpoint Analysis
Diversion Method
Consistent Quantifying Bankfull Flow
Uncertainty
Estimate Floodplain Fraction
Timing
Duration
10-year Flow Record
Extrapolated US Results
Build Predictive Relationships
Explain Floods: Onset-End
Sub-hourly Flow Data
Characteristic Metrics
Frequency
Seasonal Timing
Magnitude :red_flag:
Duration :
Quantified all Inundation Events
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