Channel Stability definition
Channel Stability means a condition in which a channel neither degrades to the degree that structures, utilities or private property are endangered, nor aggrades to the degree that flow capacity is significantly diminished as a result of one or more storm runoff events or moves laterally to the degree that adjacent property is endangered.
Channel Stability means the likelihood of development impacting the state of Dynamic Channel Equilibrium4 along a stream (e.g. causing channel destabilization) as a result of changes in stream flow and/or sediment delivery. Reach-specific response is affected by influences such as channel confinement, riparian vegetation, and in-channel large woody debris. Differences in reach morphology and physical processes result in different potential responses to similar changes in discharge or sediment delivery;
Examples of Channel Stability in a sentence
Channel Stability: Stream channel processes should be evaluated for aggradation, degradation, streambank erosion, channel enlargement, and channel successional shifts.
Desktop Analysis of Channel Stability Conduct a desktop analysis of stream stability, including a review of historic aerial photographs and analysis of the field data to determine potential trends in stream stability, lateral erosion, sedimentation, vegetation, land use, sediment supply, and sediment transport.
Wyoming’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Lake Dam, Horizontal Channel Stability, and Floodplain Vegetation Dynamics.
Stream Channel Stability: Riparian forests of the Santiam watershed stabilize stream banks through deep root systems that anchor the soil.