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Sedimentation at the Missouri River Basin

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Regional sediment yield relationships and kriging have been used to develop a scaled sediment yield map for the Missouri, a large basin with diverse climate and land use. The project shows that regional sediment yield exhibits varying spatial patterns. Patterns of sediment yield at unit area scale correspond with land use.It is also demonstrates, by example of the lower part of the Missouri,that dramatic changes can occur in sediment yield at landscape scale over time. In this case, the changes are primarily due to land use. These findings demonstrate that sediment yield maps and sediment yield comparisons must be carefully qualified in order to be accurate.

Recommendation (Further work)

. Using sediment yield for dams for which we have data, and extend them to other dams to find sediment behind them.

. Finding sediment yield for different decades for the entire Missouri basin.

Acknowledgements

This project is part of the course GEOB479 Research In GIS System at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. I would like to thank my professors, Dr. Brian Klinkenberg and Dr. Marwan Hassan, who provided many useful suggestions for this project, as well as Michael More and Claudia Alviano-von Flotow, for their time and patience in supporting me with numerous technical issues and data collection.

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