Empirical and analytical methods to characterize the efficiency  of floods to move sediment in a small semi-arid basin

Megnounif, Abdesselam; Ouillon, Sylvain

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6335-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6335-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6335-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

Research article

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06 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 06 Dec 2018

Empirical and analytical methods to characterize the efficiency of floods to move sediment in a small semi-arid basin

Abdesselam Megnounif and Sylvain Ouillon

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RC1: 'It looks like a good set of data but still superficial analysis.', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to the referee #1', Sylvain OUILLON, 30 Aug 2018
RC2: 'hess-2018-189', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Jul 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to the referee #2', Sylvain OUILLON, 30 Aug 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (14 Sep 2018) by Thomas Kjeldsen

AR by Sylvain OUILLON on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Sep 2018) by Thomas Kjeldsen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Sep 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Nov 2018) by Thomas Kjeldsen

AR by Sylvain OUILLON on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Nov 2018) by Thomas Kjeldsen

AR by Sylvain OUILLON on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2018)

Short summary

From a classification of river discharge, the effective or dominant discharge is the one whose class corresponds to the maximum sediment supply. The efficiency of the Wadi Sebdou (NW Algeria) was examined over 1973–2004. Two subdivisions allowed a correct distribution of frequencies and supplies of water and sediments. Their effective discharge, close to the half-load discharge, was compared to analytical values based on statistics and rating curves. Return periods were also explained.