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Ice jam

Ice jams occur when the ice that is drifting down-current in a river comes to a stop, for instance, at a river bend, when it contacts the river bed in a shallow area, or against bridge piers. Doing so increases the resistance to flow, thereby inducing an increase in water level upstream of the jam (referred to as backwater). Ice jams are thus a main…

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Occurrences and consequences

Northern Hemisphere2009 Red River Flood2009 Alaska floodsSaint Lawrence River
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Prediction and mitigation

Ice breakersIce blastingDynamiteFlood control
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Mechanisms

Ice floeHoneymoon BridgeConfluences
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Javes

LeadDischarge
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Ice jam

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples42
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
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Ice jam

Top relations

related to Occurrences and consequences · 10
Ice jam → Alaska, An, Ice, In, Northern Hemisphere, Red River Flood, Saint Lawrence River, Such, The, There
related to Mechanisms · 9
Ice jam → Changes, During, Freeze-up, Honeymoon Bridge, Ice, Pre-break-up, Smaller, The, Three
related to Javes · 7
Ice jam → An, As, Minutes, Release, Several, These, This
related to External links · 4
Ice jam → Ice Jam Database Archived, ServiceMore, United States National Park, Wayback Machine
related to Description of ice jam formation · 2
Ice jam → Historical, Understanding
related to Prediction and mitigation · 2
Ice jam → Early, The
related to Ice jam flood risk · 1
Ice jam → Establishing

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ice jam river jams water may downstream also break-up occur area flood flooding floods flow hazard risk damage usually freeze-up

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the Honeymoon Bridgeinstance ofthe ice in areas of rapids is carried downstream as an ice floe and may jam on still frozen sections of ice on calm water or against structures in the river0.80text
destroyed in 1938 by an ice jaminstance ofthe ice in areas of rapids is carried downstream as an ice floe and may jam on still frozen sections of ice on calm water or against structures in the river0.80text
bridge piersinstance ofat human-constructed objects0.80text
and at confluencesinstance ofat human-constructed objects0.80text
excavation equipmentinstance ofas well as other mechanical means0.80text
or permanent measures such as ice control structuresinstance ofas well as other mechanical means0.80text
flood controlinstance ofas well as other mechanical means0.80text
Ice jamrelated to Description of ice jam formationUnderstanding0.60section
Ice jamrelated to Description of ice jam formationHistorical0.60section
Ice jamrelated to External linksUnited States National Park0.60section
Ice jamrelated to External linksServiceMore0.60section
Ice jamrelated to External linksIce Jam Database Archived0.60section

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