Sample

Discharge

Bedload

Width

Depth

Date

m3/s

m2/s

5/19/1999
5/20/1999
5/21/1999
5/26/1999
5/27/1999
5/28/1999
5/29/1999
5/30/1999
5/31/1999
6/1/1999
6/2/1999
6/3/1999
6/5/1999
6/7/1999
6/8/1999
6/9/1999
6/14/1999
6/15/1999
6/16/1999
6/17/1999
6/18/1999
6/19/1999
6/21/1999
6/23/1999
6/26/1999
5/30/2000
5/31/2000
6/2/2000
6/3/2000
6/8/2000
6/9/2000
6/10/2000
6/11/2000
6/13/2000
6/14/2000
6/19/2000
6/20/2000
6/21/2000

9.59 1.616E-006
10.87 2.289E-006
12.96 3.804E-006
28.87 3.372E-005
27.48 4.012E-005
26.40 2.043E-005
28.30 2.147E-005
27.90 2.542E-005
23.38 1.501E-005
21.65 3.603E-006
22.61 7.236E-006
24.37 1.601E-005
19.98 5.514E-006
18.90 6.761E-006
17.38 6.079E-006
15.57 2.194E-006
18.73 4.554E-006
22.61 2.064E-005
28.30 6.713E-005
30.85 0.00012893
28.87 2.878E-005
28.87 3.682E-005
26.01 1.032E-005
21.08 7.993E-006
17.89 2.963E-006
13.56 1.063E-006
12.54 1.374E-006
10.22 4.361E-007
11.40 4.975E-007
12.54 6.865E-007
11.97 6.516E-007
10.36 4.976E-007
9.34 1.072E-007
8.49 1.206E-007
8.49 2.097E-007
6.93 5.896E-008
6.23 1.608E-008
6.03 5.901E-008

1000.0
9.8100

12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76
12.76

l/m^3
m/s^2

0.66
0.66
0.73
1.01
0.98
0.96
1.04
1.05
0.92
0.91
0.89
0.94
0.86
0.87
0.83
0.78
0.84
0.91
1.01
1.06
1.03
1.02
0.91
0.87
0.82
0.68
0.64
0.59
0.62
0.63
0.63
0.58
0.53
0.51
0.49
0.44
0.37
0.36

Area
slope
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091

sq.m

WP
m

8.3618832 14.07064
8.40077568 14.07674
9.25641024 14.21085
12.9123034 14.78387
12.4455936 14.71072
12.2122387 14.67414
13.3012282 14.84483
13.3401206 14.85093
11.7844214 14.60709
11.6288515 14.5827
11.3954966 14.54613
12.0177763 14.64366
10.9676794 14.47907
11.0454643 14.49126
10.5398621 14.41202
9.95647488 14.32058
10.6565395 14.4303
11.6288515 14.5827
12.9511958 14.78997
13.4956906 14.87531
13.1845507 14.82654
13.0289808 14.80216
11.667744 14.5888
11.0454643 14.49126
10.4231846 14.39373
8.63413056 14.113312
8.1674208 14.04016
7.54514112 13.94262
7.85628096 13.99139
8.01185088 14.01578
8.05074336 14.02187
7.35067872 13.91214
6.806184 13.8268
6.49504416 13.77803
6.2227968 13.73536
5.60051712 13.63782
4.70599008 13.49762
4.55042016 13.47323

R (A/WP)

(Shear stress)

Pa

0.59427881
0.596784345
0.651362272
0.873404705
0.846022057
0.832228355
0.896017426
0.898268488
0.806760488
0.797441374
0.783404122
0.820680966
0.757484966
0.762215382
0.731324617
0.695256593
0.738483369
0.797441374
0.875674365
0.907254285
0.889253134
0.880208078
0.799774073
0.762215382
0.724147673
0.611772103
0.581718499
0.541156465
0.561508173
0.571630916
0.574156101
0.528364192
0.492245784
0.471405797
0.453049414
0.41066061
0.348653427
0.337737832

53.0518637
53.2755353
58.1477614
77.9697114
75.5252351
74.2938575
79.9883716
80.1893262
72.0203155
71.1883889
69.9352694
73.2630105
67.6214404
68.0437293
65.2860799
62.0662513
65.9251489
71.1883889
78.1723263
80.9914973
79.3845165
78.5770553
71.3966313
68.0437293
64.6453869
54.6135074
51.9305921
48.3095788
50.1263961
51.0300635
51.2554893
47.1675998
43.9432733
42.0828669
40.4441742
36.6600833
31.1246401
30.1501940

U* (shear
velocity)
m/s

Acronym
0.00014
Bedload
m2/s

0.2303299018
0.2308149373
0.2411384693
0.2792305703
0.2748185494
0.2725689958
0.2828221555
0.2831771993
0.2683660103
0.2668115232
0.2644527735
0.2706714069
0.2600412282
0.2608519299
0.2555114085
0.2491309923
0.2567589314
0.2668115232
0.2795931442
0.2845900513
0.2817525804
0.2803159919
0.2672014807
0.2608519299
0.2542545711
0.2336953303
0.2278828474
0.2197944012
0.2238892497
0.2258983478
0.226396752
0.2171810299
0.2096265092
0.2051410903
0.2011073699
0.1914682305
0.1764217677
0.1736381121

4.114E-007
4.382E-007
0.00012
1.555E-06
3.663E-005
2.785E-005
2.407E-005
4.529E-005
4.622E-005
0.0001
1.810E-005
1.621E-005
1.364E-005
2.121E-005
9.716E-006
0.00008
1.036E-005
6.662E-006
3.674E-006
7.415E-006
1.621E-005
0.00006
3.744E-005
5.011E-005
4.255E-005
3.909E-005
1.667E-005
1.036E-005
0.00004
5.965E-006
6.340E-007
2.977E-007
9.752E-008
1.730E-007
0.00002
2.278E-007
2.438E-007
6.711E-008
2.212E-008
1.122E-008
6.013E-009
0
1.286E-009
0.00
9.844E-011
5.974E-011

f(x) = 2.63649817852176E-008 exp( 0.2618246836 x )

R = 0.8816620167

Actual Bedload Vs. Discharge

Exponential (Actual Bedload Vs. Discharge)
Model Bedload Vs. Discharge
Polynomial (Model Bedload Vs. Discharge)

f(x) = 3.76843321123297E-009x^3 - 8.47370631154658E-008x^2 + 8.03641497434762E-007x - 3.0275436185227E-006

R = 0.9589128808

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.00

Discharge Actual Bedload Model Bedload Actual-Model A/M

6.03
0.000000059 5.974490E-011 0.000000059 0.001012
6.23 1.607937E-008 9.844284E-011 0.000000016 0.006122
6.93
0.000000059 1.286126E-009 5.76716E-008 0.021814
8.49 1.205675E-007 1.121762E-008 1.09350E-007 0.09304
0.000000006 2.03666E-007 0.028677
8.49 2.096786E-007
9.34 1.071773E-007 2.212367E-008 8.50536E-008 0.206421
9.59
0.000001616 4.113682E-007 1.20459E-006 0.254566
10.22 4.360835E-007 9.752176E-008 3.38562E-007 0.223631
10.36 4.975732E-007 6.711427E-008 4.30459E-007 0.134883
10.87
0.000002289 4.382181E-007 1.85074E-006 0.191449
0.000000173 3.24504E-007 0.347778
11.40 4.975363E-007
11.97 6.515655E-007 2.437810E-007 4.07784E-007 0.374147
12.54 1.374388E-006 2.977070E-007 1.07668E-006 0.216611
12.54 6.865058E-007 2.278492E-007 4.58657E-007 0.331897
12.96 3.804482E-006 1.554575E-006 2.24991E-006 0.408617
0.000000634 4.28625E-007 0.596622
13.56 1.062587E-006
15.57 2.193928E-006 3.673792E-006 -1.47986E-006 1.674527
0.000006662 -5.83093E-007 1.09592
17.38 6.078924E-006
17.89 2.963363E-006 5.964572E-006 -3.00121E-006 2.012772
18.73 4.554224E-006 7.414501E-006 -2.86028E-006 1.628049
18.90 6.760828E-006 1.036156E-005 -3.60073E-006 1.532587
19.98 5.513818E-006 9.716056E-006 -4.20224E-006 1.762128
21.08 7.992751E-006 1.036156E-005 -2.36881E-006 1.296369
21.65 3.603214E-006 1.620844E-005 -1.26052E-005 4.498329
22.61 7.235841E-006 1.364351E-005 -6.40767E-006 1.885547
22.61
0.000020644 1.620844E-005 4.43553E-006 0.785142
23.38 1.501214E-005 1.809559E-005 -3.08345E-006 1.205397
24.37 1.600529E-005 2.120673E-005 -5.20144E-006 1.324983
26.01 1.031910E-005 1.666663E-005 -6.34753E-006 1.615124
26.40 2.043329E-005 2.406915E-005 -3.63585E-006 1.177938
27.48 4.012390E-005 2.784787E-005 0.000012276 0.694047
27.90 2.541535E-005 4.622385E-005 -2.08085E-005 1.818738
28.30 2.146918E-005 4.528618E-005 -0.000023817 2.109358
28.30 6.713022E-005 3.743507E-005 2.96952E-005 0.557649
28.87 3.371929E-005 3.662608E-005 -2.90679E-006 1.086205
28.87 2.878060E-005 4.255280E-005 -1.37722E-005 1.478523
28.87 3.682218E-005 3.909024E-005 -2.26806E-006 1.061595
30.85 0.0001289315 5.011059E-005 7.88209E-005 0.388661

0.00014

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00
0.00006

0.00012

0.00005

0.0001

Discharge, m3/s

0.00004

0.00008

0.00003

0.00006

0.00002

0.00004

0.00001

0.00002
0
0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

Bedload, m2/s

Parker (1990a) Model Bedload Vs Actual Bedload

0.00006

R = 0.6056716243

0.00005
0.00004

Parker (1990a) Bedload, cu.m/s-m 0.00003

0.00002
0.00001
0

0.0001

0.0002

Actual Bedload, cu.m/s-m

30.00

40.00
0.00006
0.00005
0.00004
0.00003
0.00002
0.00001

30.00

40.00

ctual Bedload
0.6056716243

0.0001

0.0002

dload, cu.m/s-m

Surface material particle size distribution for the sample reach

RIVER A
Core 1
Sieve Size
mm
202
128
63
31.5
16
8
4
2

Percent
Finer
100
34.97
25.85
9.09
2.35
0.61
0.30
0.00

128<x<200
63<x<128
31.5<x<63
16<x<31.5
8<x<16
4<x<8
2<x<4
<2

65.03
9.12
16.76
6.74
1.74
0.32
0.30
0.00

128<x<135
63<x<128
31.5<x<63
16<x<31.5
8<x<16
4<x<8
2<x<4
<2

20.78
49.01
20.02
5.29
1.83
1.05
2.02
0.00

RIVER B
Sieve Size
mm

Percent
Finer

135

100

128

79.22

63

30.21

31.5

10.19

16

4.90

3.07

2.02

0.00