Basic Concepts and Management Issues of Rivers - River Dynamics and Integrated River Management - page 46

Integrated river management is needed to coordinate the upper, middle and lower reaches and the river estuary,
economic benefit and ecological restoration, and environment for sustainable development. For this purpose
the managers are required to understand all problems and management strategies for river development.
Review Questions
1. What are the major functions of rivers?
2. What is integrated river management?
3. Create a river network by applying the random walk model and clearly state all your assumptions.
4. Name various types of sediments and sediment loads and explain the difference between them.
5. What is water cycle?
6. What are the main river patterns?
7. What are the main chemical features of a river?
8. What are the main pollution concerns for rivers?
9. Please state the relevant concepts of a river ecosystem.
10. Explain the mechanism of merge of rivers with the minimum stream power theory.
11. What are the major issues in river management in China?
12. What are the reasons for the southeastern China to be wet and the northwestern China to be dry?
13. What are the major strategies to ease water shortage?
14. What are the main reasons for increases in flood loss?
15. What are the consequences of soil erosion?
16. What is red tide and why has the number of the red tide events increased so fast in recent decades?
17. What are the main sectors of river ecology?
18. What are the main problems in impounded rivers and how can they be solved?
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