The Bowmont-Glen catchment has special qualities and is truly unique, both ecologically and physically: The Tweed catchment is renowned for its diverse and traditional landscapes, which support a rich variety of important habitats and species; this has been recognised through several nature designations, including Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [...]
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Borthwick Water in flood conditions Links between the physical characteristics of the Teviot Catchment and flooding The Teviot river basin above Hawick is 324 km2 in area and includes three main river systems: River Teviot, Borthwick Water and Slitrig Water and two major tributary systems: Limie Cleuch and Allan Water.
To assess the environmental factors controlling floods in Tajikistan, comparisons were made between the river flows in each river basin and the climate in different locations. The analysis identified those basins with the highest floods and produced indicative results of the main climatic controls. This enabled a further assessment to be made of the likely [...]
Tajikistan weather observation station Flooding is not a new phenomenon in Tajikistan, there is evidence from a range of sources that major floods have occurred in historical times. Landforms in the mountains and foothills supply ample evidence of extreme paleo-floods. Debris flows have occurred in most of the high mountain catchments with huge fans of [...]
Landslip in the Langtang Valley – Nepal Sediment loads of Asian rivers are reported to be the highest in the world, delivering an estimated 80% of total sediment input to the oceans. These large sediment loads are due to the exposure of the geologically young rocks forming the Himalayan mountain chain, a range with some [...]
