US Army Corps

of Engineers
Hydrologic Engineering Center

Suspended Sediment
Discharges in Streams

April 1969

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Suspended Sediment Discharges in Streams

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Charles E. Abraham

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US Army Corps of Engineers

Institute for Water Resources
Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)
609 Second Street
Davis, CA 95616-4687

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Presented at the AGU Golden Anniversary Meeting in Washington, DC, 21-25 April 1969.
14. ABSTRACT

Records of continuous daily suspended sediment and water discharges from four different river drainage areas were used to
develop flow weighted regression relationships that relate daily suspended sediment discharges to streamflow. The method
can be used to estimate suspended sediment loads stochastically for rivers with little measured data. Results which
compared observed sediment loads to computed loads using this method are promising and appear to provide a better fit to
field measurements than either the flow-duration or sediment rating curve methods.

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sediment load computations, sediment discharge-streamflow relationships, flow weighted regression analyses
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Suspended Sediment
Discharges in Streams

April 1969

US Army Corps of Engineers

Institute for Water Resources
Hydrologic Engineering Center
609 Second Street
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 756-1104
(530) 756-8250 FAX
www.hec.usace.army.mil

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distribution with the Corps of Engineers.

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Use of Interrelated Records to Simulate Streamflow

Optimization Techniques for Hydrologic
Engineering
Methods of Determination of Safe Yield and
Compensation Water from Storage Reservoirs
Functional Evaluation of a Water Resources System
Streamflow Synthesis for Ungaged Rivers
Simulation of Daily Streamflow
Pilot Study for Storage Requirements for Low Flow
Augmentation
Worth of Streamflow Data for Project Design - A
Pilot Study
Economic Evaluation of Reservoir System
Accomplishments
Hydrologic Simulation in Water-Yield Analysis
Survey of Programs for Water Surface Profiles
Hypothetical Flood Computation for a Stream
System
Maximum Utilization of Scarce Data in Hydrologic
Design
Techniques for Evaluating Long-Tem Reservoir
Yields
Hydrostatistics - Principles of Application
A Hydrologic Water Resource System Modeling
Techniques
Hydrologic Engineering Techniques for Regional
Water Resources Planning
Estimating Monthly Streamflows Within a Region
Suspended Sediment Discharge in Streams
Computer Determination of Flow Through Bridges
An Approach to Reservoir Temperature Analysis
A Finite Difference Methods of Analyzing Liquid
Flow in Variably Saturated Porous Media
Uses of Simulation in River Basin Planning
Hydroelectric Power Analysis in Reservoir Systems
Status of Water Resource System Analysis
System Relationships for Panama Canal Water
Supply
System Analysis of the Panama Canal Water
Supply
Digital Simulation of an Existing Water Resources
System
Computer Application in Continuing Education
Drought Severity and Water Supply Dependability
Development of System Operation Rules for an
Existing System by Simulation
Alternative Approaches to Water Resources System
Simulation
System Simulation of Integrated Use of
Hydroelectric and Thermal Power Generation
Optimizing flood Control Allocation for a
Multipurpose Reservoir
Computer Models for Rainfall-Runoff and River
Hydraulic Analysis
Evaluation of Drought Effects at Lake Atitlan
Downstream Effects of the Levee Overtopping at
Wilkes-Barre, PA, During Tropical Storm Agnes
Water Quality Evaluation of Aquatic Systems

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Storm Drainage and Urban Region Flood Control
Planning
HEC-5C, A Simulation Model for System
Formulation and Evaluation
Optimal Sizing of Urban Flood Control Systems
Hydrologic and Economic Simulation of Flood
Control Aspects of Water Resources Systems
Sizing Flood Control Reservoir Systems by System
Analysis
Techniques for Real-Time Operation of Flood
Control Reservoirs in the Merrimack River Basin
Spatial Data Analysis of Nonstructural Measures
Comprehensive Flood Plain Studies Using Spatial
Data Management Techniques
Direct Runoff Hydrograph Parameters Versus
Urbanization
Experience of HEC in Disseminating Information
on Hydrological Models
Effects of Dam Removal: An Approach to
Sedimentation
Design of Flood Control Improvements by Systems
Analysis: A Case Study
Potential Use of Digital Computer Ground Water
Models
Development of Generalized Free Surface Flow
Models Using Finite Element Techniques
Adjustment of Peak Discharge Rates for
Urbanization
The Development and Servicing of Spatial Data
Management Techniques in the Corps of Engineers
Experiences of the Hydrologic Engineering Center
in Maintaining Widely Used Hydrologic and Water
Resource Computer Models
Flood Damage Assessments Using Spatial Data
Management Techniques
A Model for Evaluating Runoff-Quality in
Metropolitan Master Planning
Testing of Several Runoff Models on an Urban
Watershed
Operational Simulation of a Reservoir System with
Pumped Storage
Technical Factors in Small Hydropower Planning
Flood Hydrograph and Peak Flow Frequency
Analysis
HEC Contribution to Reservoir System Operation
Determining Peak-Discharge Frequencies in an
Urbanizing Watershed: A Case Study
Feasibility Analysis in Small Hydropower Planning
Reservoir Storage Determination by Computer
Simulation of Flood Control and Conservation
Systems
Hydrologic Land Use Classification Using
LANDSAT
Interactive Nonstructural Flood-Control Planning
Critical Water Surface by Minimum Specific
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Corps of Engineers Experience with Automatic

Calibration of a Precipitation-Runoff Model
Determination of Land Use from Satellite Imagery
for Input to Hydrologic Models
Application of the Finite Element Method to
Vertically Stratified Hydrodynamic Flow and Water
Quality
Flood Mitigation Planning Using HEC-SAM
Hydrographs by Single Linear Reservoir Model
HEC Activities in Reservoir Analysis
Institutional Support of Water Resource Models
Investigation of Soil Conservation Service Urban
Hydrology Techniques
Potential for Increasing the Output of Existing
Hydroelectric Plants
Potential Energy and Capacity Gains from Flood
Control Storage Reallocation at Existing U.S.
Hydropower Reservoirs
Use of Non-Sequential Techniques in the Analysis
of Power Potential at Storage Projects
Data Management Systems of Water Resources
Planning
The New HEC-1 Flood Hydrograph Package
River and Reservoir Systems Water Quality
Modeling Capability
Generalized Real-Time Flood Control System
Model
Operation Policy Analysis: Sam Rayburn
Reservoir
Training the Practitioner: The Hydrologic
Engineering Center Program
Documentation Needs for Water Resources Models
Reservoir System Regulation for Water Quality
Control
A Software System to Aid in Making Real-Time
Water Control Decisions
Calibration, Verification and Application of a TwoDimensional Flow Model
HEC Software Development and Support
Hydrologic Engineering Center Planning Models
Flood Routing Through a Flat, Complex Flood
Plain Using a One-Dimensional Unsteady Flow
Computer Program
Dredged-Material Disposal Management Model
Infiltration and Soil Moisture Redistribution in
HEC-1
The Hydrologic Engineering Center Experience in
Nonstructural Planning
Prediction of the Effects of a Flood Control Project
on a Meandering Stream
Evolution in Computer Programs Causes Evolution
in Training Needs: The Hydrologic Engineering
Center Experience
Reservoir System Analysis for Water Quality
Probable Maximum Flood Estimation - Eastern
United States
Use of Computer Program HEC-5 for Water Supply
Analysis
Role of Calibration in the Application of HEC-6
Engineering and Economic Considerations in
Formulating
Modeling Water Resources Systems for Water
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Flood-Runoff Forecasting with HEC-1F
Dredged-Material Disposal System Capacity
Expansion
Role of Small Computers in Two-Dimensional
Flow Modeling
One-Dimensional Model for Mud Flows
Subdivision Froude Number
HEC-5Q: System Water Quality Modeling
New Developments in HEC Programs for Flood
Control
Modeling and Managing Water Resource Systems
for Water Quality
Accuracy of Computer Water Surface Profiles Executive Summary
Application of Spatial-Data Management
Techniques in Corps Planning
The HEC's Activities in Watershed Modeling
HEC-1 and HEC-2 Applications on the
Microcomputer
Real-Time Snow Simulation Model for the
Monongahela River Basin
Multi-Purpose, Multi-Reservoir Simulation on a PC
Technology Transfer of Corps' Hydrologic Models
Development, Calibration and Application of
Runoff Forecasting Models for the Allegheny River
Basin
The Estimation of Rainfall for Flood Forecasting
Using Radar and Rain Gage Data
Developing and Managing a Comprehensive
Reservoir Analysis Model
Review of U.S. Army corps of Engineering
Involvement With Alluvial Fan Flooding Problems
An Integrated Software Package for Flood Damage
Analysis
The Value and Depreciation of Existing Facilities:
The Case of Reservoirs
Floodplain-Management Plan Enumeration
Two-Dimensional Floodplain Modeling
Status and New Capabilities of Computer Program
HEC-6: "Scour and Deposition in Rivers and
Reservoirs"
Estimating Sediment Delivery and Yield on
Alluvial Fans
Hydrologic Aspects of Flood Warning Preparedness Programs
Twenty-five Years of Developing, Distributing, and
Supporting Hydrologic Engineering Computer
Programs
Predicting Deposition Patterns in Small Basins
Annual Extreme Lake Elevations by Total
Probability Theorem
A Muskingum-Cunge Channel Flow Routing
Method for Drainage Networks
Prescriptive Reservoir System Analysis Model Missouri River System Application
A Generalized Simulation Model for Reservoir
System Analysis
The HEC NexGen Software Development Project
Issues for Applications Developers
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Runoff Prediction Uncertainty for Ungauged
Agricultural Watersheds
Review of GIS Applications in Hydrologic
Modeling
Application of Rainfall-Runoff Simulation for
Flood Forecasting
Application of the HEC Prescriptive Reservoir
Model in the Columbia River Systems
HEC River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)
HEC-6: Reservoir Sediment Control Applications
The Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS):
Design and Development Issues
The HEC Hydrologic Modeling System
Bridge Hydraulic Analysis with HEC-RAS
Use of Land Surface Erosion Techniques with
Stream Channel Sediment Models

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Risk-Based Analysis for Corps Flood Project

Studies - A Status Report
Modeling Water-Resource Systems for Water
Quality Management
Runoff simulation Using Radar Rainfall Data
Status of HEC Next Generation Software
Development
Unsteady Flow Model for Forecasting Missouri and
Mississippi Rivers
Corps Water Management System (CWMS)
Some History and Hydrology of the Panama Canal
Application of Risk-Based Analysis to Planning
Reservoir and Levee Flood Damage Reduction
Systems
Corps Water Management System - Capabilities
and Implementation Status