Al-Kut Dam and its Effect on the Sedimentation Rate of the Dijla Al Gharaf and Dujaila Rivers in Wasit Governorate

Abstract

The study of the amount of sediments in rivers is of very great importance, which has to do with the amount of water drainage and the force of water flow, whether it is sediment in the form of a suspended or bottom load, due to its direct impact on agricultural, navigational and engineering projects, as it is one of the most important factors causing the change of riverbeds , and affect the reduction of the capacity of the irrigation and storage channels, and it has been shown through the research that there is a spatial and temporal variation in the volume of sediments, as the suspended and bottom load increases before the Kut dam in the Saray station in Baghdad, and then the amount of sediment decreases in the back station of the Kut dam, the Al-Gharaf station, and the Nazem Dujailah and that is. Because the amount of sediment is related to the volume of water drainage.