Australian dams and reservoirs within a global setting

IF 2.4 Q2 WATER RESOURCES

Australasian Journal of Water Resources Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/13241583.2020.1733743

T. McMahon, C. Petheram

引用次数: 6

Abstract

ABSTRACT There has been a resurgence of interest in the construction of large dams worldwide. This study examined many dams from around the world (>10,000) and compared them to a comprehensive dataset developed for Australia (224) to provide insights that might otherwise not be apparent from examining just one or several dams. The dam datasets (ICOLD and ANCOLD) largely confirm existing narratives on Australian dam construction. Compared to dams from Rest of the World (RoW), Australian dams were found to: have larger reservoir capacities and spillway capacities for a given catchment area; have higher dam walls for a given capacity; and result in higher degrees of river regulation. A range of general relationships among reservoir capacities, reservoir surface areas, and catchment areas are presented which can be used in reconnaissance or pre-feasibility studies and for global hydrologic modelling when dam and reservoir information are required as input.

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全球环境下的澳大利亚水坝和水库

在世界范围内，人们对建设大型水坝的兴趣重新燃起。这项研究调查了来自世界各地的许多水坝(100万)，并将它们与为澳大利亚开发的综合数据集(224)进行了比较，以提供仅检查一个或几个水坝可能不明显的见解。大坝数据集(ICOLD和ANCOLD)在很大程度上证实了关于澳大利亚大坝建设的现有叙述。与世界其他地区(RoW)的水坝相比，澳大利亚的水坝被发现:在给定的集水区具有更大的水库容量和溢洪道容量;在给定的容量下有更高的坝墙;并导致更高程度的河流整治。提出了水库容量、水库表面积和集水区之间的一系列一般关系，这些关系可用于侦察或预可行性研究，以及在需要水坝和水库信息作为输入时用于全球水文建模。

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Australasian Journal of Water Resources WATER RESOURCES-

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

21.90%

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期刊介绍： The Australasian Journal of Water Resources ( AJWR) is a multi-disciplinary regional journal dedicated to scholarship, professional practice and discussion on water resources planning, management and policy. Its primary geographic focus is on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Papers from outside this region will also be welcomed if they contribute to an understanding of water resources issues in the region. Such contributions could be due to innovations applicable to the Australasian water community, or where clear linkages between studies in other parts of the world are linked to important issues or water planning, management, development and policy challenges in Australasia. These could include papers on global issues where Australasian impacts are clearly identified.