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River engineering

River engineering is a discipline of civil engineering which studies human intervention in the course, characteristics, or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit. People have intervened in the natural course and behaviour of rivers since before recorded history—to manage the water resources, to protect against flooding, or…

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Hydromodification

Characteristics of rivers

Channelization

Embankments

Loss of wetlands

Modern policy in the United States

Types of river canalization

River regulation works

Estuarine works

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River engineering

Nodes103
Edges102
Triples23
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
Components1

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River engineering

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related to River regulation works · 9
River engineering → As, Danube, Engineering, Eventually, It, Mississippi, Rhine, River, Thus
related to Hydromodification · 7
River engineering → Beginning, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Fluvial, Hydromodification, River, The
is a · 1
River engineering → discipline of civil engineering which studies human intervention in the course

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River engineeringis adiscipline of civil engineering which studies human intervention in the course0.90text
coastal watersinstance ofHydromodificationHydromodification encompasses the systematic response to alterations to riverine and non-riverine water bodies0.80text
mining refuseinstance offor example by introducing obstructions0.80text
sluice gates for millsinstance offor example by introducing obstructions0.80text
fish-trapsinstance offor example by introducing obstructions0.80text
unduly wide piers for bridgesinstance offor example by introducing obstructions0.80text
solid weirsinstance offor example by introducing obstructions0.80text
River engineeringrelated to HydromodificationHydromodification0.60section
River engineeringrelated to HydromodificationThe0.60section
River engineeringrelated to HydromodificationEnvironmental Protection Agency0.60section
River engineeringrelated to HydromodificationEPA0.60section
River engineeringrelated to HydromodificationRiver0.60section

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