Open AccessEffects of Discharge Levels on Instability of Dams and Watersheds
Author(s) -
Hamed Assad Zadeh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bulletin de la société royale des sciences de liège
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1783-5720
DOI - 10.25518/0037-9565.5628
Subject(s) - structural basin , landslide , mass movement , tectonics , instability , geology , drainage basin , water discharge , hydrology (agriculture) , square (algebra) , discharge , physical geography , geography , geomorphology , seismology , geotechnical engineering , cartography , physics , mechanics , geometry , mathematics
The Zaab river basin is located on the Southwest of Western Azerbaijan and Northwest of Kurdistan province. It has an area of 3527 square kilometers and it flows in Tectonics valley. In addition, the central part of this river’s basin includes repeated mass movement of materials. Every year the earth undergoes different landslides and mass movements which all impose threats on properties, agricultural lands and roads and paths. In this paper, the author has tried to evaluate and determine the effects of discharge levels on instability of the damn and Basin of Zaab River. The research method includes recognition and classification of instabilities on earth and explanation of their causes.