The Rhine Basin Hydrography, hydrology, geology, sedimentology human-impact history, channel geometry
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1 The Rhine Basin Hydrography, hydrology, geology, sedimentology human-impact history, channel geometry Dr. Roy Frings RWTH Aachen University
2 Hydrography BELGIUM The Rhine Basin Basin: 185,000 km 2 Length: 1232 km Inhabitants: 58 Million Countries: 9 Discharge: 2300 m 3 /s 2 (Modified after CHR 1976) LIECHTENSTEIN ITALY Societal functions Culture Ecology Food supply Recreation Shipping Waste disposal Water supply
3 History of human impact Since Neolithic Land-use changes Since Middle ages Embankment Meander cut-offs Bifurcation modification Since Industrialisation Narrowing (canalisation) Bank protection Barrages Shipping Sediment mining Sediment feeding 3
4 Hydrology Major tributaries Aare Moselle Neckar Meuse Main 4 (Image: Paul Maas, 1998)
5 Hydrology Max. discharge ever recorded: 12,200 m 3 /s (1926) Mixed regime Snow-melt regime 5
6 Geology and Relief North Sea Basin (SRTM data, H. Braxmeier) Lower Rhine Embayment Rhenish Plateau Upper Rhine Graben Alps 6
7 Longitudinal bed profile Alpine section Impounded section Freeflowing section Delta section Delta branches 7 (Frings et al, 2008) Erosion base
8 The Alpine Section Bodensee Konstanz Alpenrhein Vorderrhein 50 km Hinterrhein Tectonic setting Uplift 8
9 The Alpine Section Bodensee Konstanz Alpenrhein Vorderrhein 50 km Hinterrhein Tectonic setting Uplift 9
10 The Impounded Section Iffezheim Oberrhein Basel Hochrhein 50 km Tectonic setting Uplift / Subsidence 10
11 The free-flowing Section Mainz Oberrhein 50 km Iffezheim Tectonic setting Subsidence 11
12 The free-flowing Section Bonn Mittelrhein 50 km Mainz Tectonic setting Uplift 12
13 The free-flowing Section Lobith Niederrhein Bonn 50 km Tectonic setting Slight uplift 13
14 The Delta Section North Sea Nieuwe Waterweg Amsterdam Lek/ Nederrijn IJssel Haringvliet Waal 50 km Tectonic setting Subsidence 14
15 The Alpine Section 15 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Lai da Tuma
16 The Alpine Section 16 Rein da Tuma
17 The Alpine Section 17 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Rein da Maighels
18 The Alpine Section 18 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Vorderrhein
19 The Alpine Section 19 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Rein da Somvitg
20 The Alpine Section 20 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Vorderrhein (Tavanasa)
21 The Alpine Section 21 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Vorderrhein (Rheinschlucht Flims)
22 The Alpine Section 22 (Foto: Frings, 2012) Hinterrhein
23 The Alpine Section 23 (Foto: Frings, 2012) Hinterrhein
24 The Alpine Section 24 (Foto: Frings, 2012) Hinterrhein (Viamala)
25 The Alpine Section 25 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Confluence Vorderrhein-Hinterrhein
26 The Alpine Section 26 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Alpenrhein (Vaduz)
27 The Alpine Section 27 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Alpenrhein (Vorstreckung)
28 The Alpine Section 28 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Bodensee
29 The Alpine Section 29 (Foto: Rizzo, 2008) Bodensee (Insel Mainau)
30 The Alpine Section 30 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Seerhein
31 The Impounded Section 31 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Hochrhein (Schaffhausen Dam)
32 The Impounded Section 32 (Foto: Frings, 2012) Hochrhein (Rheinfall)
33 The Impounded Section 33 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Hochrhein (Aare confluence)
34 The Impounded Section 34 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Hochrhein (canal Albbruck-Dogern)
35 The Impounded Section 35 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Oberrhein (Grand Canal d Alsace)
36 The Impounded Section 36 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Oberrhein (Restrhein)
37 The Impounded Section 37 (Foto: BfG) Oberrhein (Wehr Kembs)
38 The Impounded Section 38 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Oberrhein (Weisweil)
39 The Impounded Section 39 (Foto: BfG) Oberrhein (Iffezheim dam)
40 The free-flowing Section 40 (Foto: Gehres, 2010) Mittelrhein
41 The free-flowing Section 41 (Foto: Frings, 2011) Mittelrhein (bed rock outcrop)
42 The free-flowing Section 42 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Moselle
43 The free-flowing Section 43 (Foto: BfG) Confluence of Mittelrhein and Moselle
44 The free-flowing Section 44 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Niederrhein (Emschermündung)
45 The free-flowing Section 45 (Foto: Bilderbuch Köln) Niederrhein (Cologne)
46 The Delta Section 46 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Waal
47 The Delta Section 47 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Pannerdensch Kanaal
48 The Delta Section 48 (Foto: B. Boekhoven) Pannerdensch Kanaal, Nederrijn, IJssel
49 The Delta Section 49 (Foto: Van der Voort, 2004) Merwede
50 The Delta Section 50 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Lek (Kinderdijk)
51 The Delta Section 51 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Port of Rotterdam
52 The Delta Section 52 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Port of Rotterdam
53 The Delta Section 53 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Nieuwe Waterweg (Mouth of the Rhine)
54 The Delta Section 54 (Foto: Frings, 2013) Haringvliet (Mouth of the Rhine)
55 Thank you! Dr. Roy Frings Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management RWTH Aachen University Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str Aachen Germany September Birgit Astor Karin Banhold Dr. Roy Frings Nicole Gehres Dr. Gudrun Hillebrand 55 Dr. Stefan Vollmer
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