Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 5
Articles | Volume 24, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1607-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1607-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 24, issue 5
Research article
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08 May 2024
Research article |  | 08 May 2024

Limited effect of the confluence angle and tributary gradient on Alpine confluence morphodynamics under intense sediment loads

Théo St. Pierre Ostrander, Thomé Kraus, Bruno Mazzorana, Johannes Holzner, Andrea Andreoli, Francesco Comiti, and Bernhard Gems

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Mountain river confluences are hazardous during localized flooding events. A physical model was used to determine the dominant controls over mountain confluences. Contrary to lowland confluences, in mountain regions, the channel discharges and (to a lesser degree) the tributary sediment concentration control morphological patterns. Applying conclusions drawn from lowland confluences could misrepresent depositional and erosional patterns and the related flood hazard at mountain river confluences.
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