Land Use Changes and Environmental Problems Caused by Bank Erosion: A Case Study of the Kolubara River Basin in Serbia

Dragićević, Slavoljub; Živković, Nenad; Roksandić, Mirjana; Kostadinov, Stanimir; Novković, Ivan; Tošić, Radislav; Stepić, Milomir; Dragičević, Marija; Blagojević, Borislava

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“…In the region, the consequences of changes in river course and bank erosion intensity have been well-documented in the literature (Thorne 1982, Lawler et al 1999, Richard et al 2005, Tiegs, Pohl 2005, Hooke 2007, Kiss et al 2008, Nicoll, Hickin 2010, radoane et al 2010, Blanka, Kiss 2011, Yao et al 2011, Zaharia et al 2011, Floriou 2011, roksandic et al 2011, Henshaw et al 2013, Dragicevic et al 2012, Tosic et al 2014.…”

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Assessment of Bank Erosion, Accretion and Channel Shifting Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Case Study – Lower Course of the Bosna River

Lovric

Tošić

2016

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LOVRIC N., TOSIC R., 2016. assessment of bank erosion, accretion and lateral channel migration using remote sensing and Gis: case study -Lower part of the Bosna river. Quaestiones Geographicae 35(1), Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań, pp. 81-92, 4 fi gs, 4 tables.ABSTRACT: river bank erosion, accretion and lateral channel migration are the most important geomorphological processes, which attract a great deal of attention from river engineering scientist over the last century. in the presented study, we assessed how the river's shape and position have changed during 1958-2013 period using remote sensing and GIS. We have identifi ed that the total area of bank erosion during given period equalled 8.3430 km 2 , of which 3.2593 km 2 were on the left bank and 5.0837 km 2 on the right bank. The total area of bank accretion from 1958 to 2013 equalled 10.7074 km 2 , of which 5.4115 km 2 was on the left bank and 5.2958 km 2 on the right bank. The Bosna riverbed average movement in the period 1958-2013 was established in the amount of 132.4 m. During this period, the average lateral channel migration was 2.5 m per year. The data presented here are signifi cant for practical issues such as predicting channel migration rates for engineering and planning purposes, soil and water management.

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Assessment of Bank Erosion, Accretion and Channel Shifting Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Case Study – Lower Course of the Bosna River

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2016

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“…Ratio between absolute maximum and absolute minimum discharge (Q mina = 0.60 m 3 /s, 25 August 2000) at Beli Brod for 1959-2013 is 1-1280, while ratio between highest and the lowest minimum discharge is 1:70.7, both indicating the torrential properties of the Kolubara river. Maximal annual discharge [577.7 m 3 /s can be expected once in 25 years with probability of occurrence of 4 %(Dragicevic et al 2012). According to the probability curve, the lowest annual maximum discharge is ca 25 m 3 /s, and the highest discharge of 100-year and 1000-year return periods is 740 m 3 /s and 960 m 3 /s(Dragićević et al 2013).…”

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Historical torrential flood events in the Kolubara river basin

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According to the number of torrential watercourses, the frequency of occurrence and the consequences that have resulted in the past, torrential floods are the most frequent and disastrous natural hazards in Serbia. Since they are always followed by severe material damages and often casualties, the character of torrential flood events seems to be a real challenge in natural risk management in our country. In this paper, phenomenon of torrential floods in Kolubara river basin is presented through temporal and spatial characterization of registered torrential flood events. The dataset of 121 recorded torrential flood events in the Kolubara river basin for the period from 1929 to 2010 is derived from the Inventory of torrential floods in Serbia for the period of 99 years, 1915-2013 (with 848 torrential flood events and over 133 casualties). The main focus is on the frequency of occurrence of registered torrential flood events. Within a year, there is a primary peak in May and June and secondary peak in March; this finding corresponds greatly to the monthly distribution of all registered events on the Inventory level. Frequency of torrential floods occurrence within a researched period shows a significant increment, the number of registered events is more than doubled comparing the latest period (1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) with the first one , while the in-between period already indicates that increase. These results can be used for improving the system of preventive and mitigation measures in order to reduce the torrential flood consequences to an acceptable level.

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“…Surface mining of coal in the Kolubara lignite basin began in 1952, and regulation works on the Kolubara River and its tributaries began in 1959/60 with the aim of opening new mining fields. To facilitate the lignite extraction in 1959, the Kolubara River was diverted into the Pestan River (its right tributary) [24,26]. Following this first phase, during 1976, 1981 and 2000, new regulation works to divert the Kolubara riverbed and its tributaries were undertaken [26].…”

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“…Bank erosion in the Serbian territory is one of the most dynamic and sensitive geomorphologic processes which are currently not being performed for the whole territory, as fluvial and geomorphologic studies in post-Yugoslavian countries are quite rare. Therefore, there are only a few results of bank erosion intensity and the consequences of changes in river course for different rivers in Serbia have been presented, without any short-term period analysis [22][23][24][25][26].…”

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“…Thus, hydrological characteristics and extreme hydrological events were also evaluated in relation to bank erosion. The human influences on the hydrological network in the study area have been intensive since 1959, when huge regulation works were constructed in the lower part of the Kolubara River Basin by diverting the Kolubara channel into the right tributary of the Pestan channel [24,26]. Lateral channel migration has caused serious socio-economic and environmental consequences due to losses of arable land, land use changes, and flood hazards, as well as economic loss due to the reduction of agricultural production [25].…”

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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Bank Erosion during the Period 1930–2016: Case Study—Kolubara River Basin (Serbia)

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Abstract:The fluvial process is characterized by an intense meandering riverbed. The aim of this study was to perform a reconstruction of the lateral migration of a 15 km length of an active meandering river during the period 1930-2016. River morphological changes were analyzed and quantified from cadastral maps and aerial photographs as well as by geodetic survey and GIS. Hydrological characteristics and extreme hydrological events were evaluated in relation to bank erosion rate. The rate of bank erosion was markedly different from the long-term studied meanders, just like in the short-term period. During the 87 years of observation (from 1930 to 2016), the length of the Kolubara River was enlarged by 3.44 km. The average migration rate of the Kolubara River for monitored meanders in the period 1930-2010 was 1.9 m·year −1 , while in the period 2010-2016, the average migration rate was 3.3 m·year −1 . The rate of bank erosion was more intensive across the entire short-term period than during the longer period, and the maximum annual rate of bank erosion during the period 2010-2016 varied between 0.3 and 11.5 m. It is very likely that in the period from 2010, frequent discharge variations and rapid change of its extreme values caused more intensive bank erosion. These research results will be valuable for river channel management, engineering (soft and hard engineering), and planning purposes (predicting changes in river channel form) in the Kolubara River Basin.

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Land Use Changes and Environmental Problems Caused by Bank Erosion: A Case Study of the Kolubara River Basin in Serbia

Cited by 20 publications

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Assessment of Bank Erosion, Accretion and Channel Shifting Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Case Study – Lower Course of the Bosna River

Assessment of Bank Erosion, Accretion and Channel Shifting Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Case Study – Lower Course of the Bosna River

Historical torrential flood events in the Kolubara river basin

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Bank Erosion during the Period 1930–2016: Case Study—Kolubara River Basin (Serbia)

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