20.500.12556/DKUM-85827 Advances in monitoring and understanding the dynamics of suspended-sediment transport in the river Drava, Slovenia: an analysis more than a decade-long Advances in monitoring and understanding the dynamics of suspended-sediment transport in the river Drava, Slovenia Managing sediment transport in streams is crucial to the surface water resource development strategy and has several implications for flood risk and water management, hydropower use, and balancing river morphology. This paper summarises the movement and behaviour of suspended sediment within the Slovenian portion of the River Drava, covering a span of thirteen years from 2005 to 2018. An analysis of relevant data collected during this period is also presented. Suspended-sediment dynamics strongly depend on flow velocity, seasonal variations in sediment sources, and human interventions in the riverbed. The transportation of material in the River Drava results in the accumulation of sediments in reservoirs and riverbeds, consequently impeding the natural hydrological cycle by reducing the outflow into aquifers. The 2018 high-water event is analysed in terms of the dependence of concentration of suspended sediments on discharge, where counterclockwise hysteresis was observed, providing an essential clue to the origin of sediment. Sediments from the River Drava in Slovenia are managed with some conventional processes and are mainly deposited or reintegrated into rivers and aquatic ecosystems. Some additional sediment management strategies with long-term solutions for efficient and comprehensive water management, hydropower, and ecological problems are proposed. sediment transport streams suspended sediment dynamics suspended sediment transport river Drava sediment management monitoring water management hidrologija opazovanje vodotokov sedimenti rečni nanosi dinamika gibanja nanosov Drava strategija ravnanja z vodotoki true true true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci © 2023 by the authors. Članek v reviji 2023-09-13 14:01:15 2023-09-13 14:01:16 2024-04-15 08:25:58 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 str. 1-17 iss. 15, [art. no.] 9036 Vol. 13 Aug. 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2023-06-21 2023-08-03 2023-08-07 627.133+627.512 164323331 10.3390/app13159036 2076-3417 applsci-13-09036-v2.pdf applsci-13-09036-v2.pdf 1 106186D90EBACE507FEAD5D03A294D99 64e17f3ab727380d62d60edebbc1e03a750e8d7099d3f268b9720244892a0fad 8d3db49b-522d-11ee-bbb4-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=172149 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/9036 0 c9e42e59-522d-11ee-bbb4-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=172150 Fakulteta za gradbeništvo, prometno inženirstvo in arhitekturo 0 0 0