River Confluence Dynamics: Flow Patterns, Water Quality and Environmental Consequences
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 277
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
River confluences serve as critical control nodes within river basins. Their complex hydrodynamic and water quality transport processes directly affect the water ecology, environment, and security at the confluence and downstream. The diverse confluent patterns, uneven river beds, fluctuating hydrological conditions, and varying pollution levels across global river confluences present significant challenges in uncovering the river confluence dynamic characteristics. This Special Issue aims to reveal the flow patterns, sediment transport, riverbed evolution, spatiotemporal distribution of water quality, and water ecological environment status on a global scale. By sharing relevant scientific and technical experiences, our goal is to provide a scientific reference and technical support for improving water quality in river confluences and managing water environments in river basins.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. The scope of this research focuses on the river confluence and may include (but is not limited to) the following topics:
- Transport and distribution of water quality index;
- Transport and distribution of microplastics;
- Water–sediment patterns and riverbed evolution;
- Design and optimization of river regulation construction;
- Evaluation and restoration of river environment and ecology;
- Emerging pollutants and their potential risk;
- Multi-process coupling model of hydrodynamics, ecology, and environment
Dr. Xia Shen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- river confluence
- flow patterns water quality
- microplastics
- transportation
- environmental consequences
- sediment
- pollutant multi-process coupling model
