Sediment transport and measuring river-bed armoring of upper Odra River in the region of border meanders

Abstract

On the border sector of Odra River between Chałupki town and Olza mouth unique meanders occur, with dynamic river-bed processes. As a result of the 1997-fl ood, the meander no. I was broken and the river route has been shorted. The authors sampled sediments from Odra river and evaluated incipient motion and suspension. At present, river-bed at entry to meander no I is armored. The resistance coeffi cients Ks i Kr and the bed load transport rate at Chałupki station have been estimated