Causes and effects of morphological changes of the regulated channel of the river Toplica

Abstract

The regulation of small torrential watercourses outside the urbanized areas is often based on the so-called field type of regulation. In the selection of this concept, after the regulation works, the new channel is left to the natural process of the morphological formation of the water cross-section taking care not to disturb the general stability of the regulated channel. We present the process of morphological development of the regulated channel of the river Toplica, tributary of the river Kolubara, in the period 1982-2004 i.e. from immediately after the regulation works to the present day.

Keywords

• sediment
• small watercourses
• channel stability
• channel deformations
• erosion processes
• geomorphologic processes