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THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF DAMS AND SECULAR CLIMATIC CHANGE ON DOWNSTREAM FLOODING, AUSTRALIA 1
Author(s) -
Riley S. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1981.tb01226.x
Subject(s) - flooding (psychology) , flood myth , hydrology (agriculture) , windsor , environmental science , climate change , drainage basin , floodplain , geology , geography , soil science , archaeology , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , psychology , cartography , psychotherapist
An examination of 100 years of flood record at Windsor on the Hawkesbury River in Eastern Australia suggests that Warragamba Dam, which encloses 62 percent of the catchment area, has negligible effect upon flooding. Secular climate change is the important variable in determining changes in flood regime.