Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?

The present paper deals with the hydromorphological modifications which occurred along the whole Seine valley (a 779 km long river located in Northern France) during the past two centuries. The aim is to identify these changes and to assess the role of the main controlling factors, which are the hyd...

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Main Authors: Séverine Lescure, Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta, Stéphane Cordier
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Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2011-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/12658
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Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta
Stéphane Cordier
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Stéphane Cordier
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description The present paper deals with the hydromorphological modifications which occurred along the whole Seine valley (a 779 km long river located in Northern France) during the past two centuries. The aim is to identify these changes and to assess the role of the main controlling factors, which are the hydrological variability (and its influence on fluvial dynamics through morphogenous floods) and the human forcing (river management). The work is based on a comparison between 1830s Ordnance Survey maps and recent satellite images (2009). One qualitative (fluvial pattern) and two quantitative variables (channel width at low flow and number of fluvial islands) were estimated every 1000 m. Results show that the river course remained relatively stable over the studied period, except for the cut-off of some slightly-entrenched meanders in the alluvial plain. In the same time, the low-water channel characterised by a contraction, especially in the estuarine area. Similarly, the number of islands decreased by 50% in the whole Seine valley. The latter change mainly results from human amenities (e.g., canalisation and channelisation works performed for navigation purposes). Floods only contributed to increase the impact of some basic auto cyclic processes (erosion of concave banks, deposition on convex banks).
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spelling doaj-art-fa3ba96983c54db5891856374737944e2025-01-30T12:44:56ZfraPôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information GéographiqueEchoGéo1963-11972011-12-011810.4000/echogeo.12658Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?Séverine LescureGilles Arnaud-FassettaStéphane CordierThe present paper deals with the hydromorphological modifications which occurred along the whole Seine valley (a 779 km long river located in Northern France) during the past two centuries. The aim is to identify these changes and to assess the role of the main controlling factors, which are the hydrological variability (and its influence on fluvial dynamics through morphogenous floods) and the human forcing (river management). The work is based on a comparison between 1830s Ordnance Survey maps and recent satellite images (2009). One qualitative (fluvial pattern) and two quantitative variables (channel width at low flow and number of fluvial islands) were estimated every 1000 m. Results show that the river course remained relatively stable over the studied period, except for the cut-off of some slightly-entrenched meanders in the alluvial plain. In the same time, the low-water channel characterised by a contraction, especially in the estuarine area. Similarly, the number of islands decreased by 50% in the whole Seine valley. The latter change mainly results from human amenities (e.g., canalisation and channelisation works performed for navigation purposes). Floods only contributed to increase the impact of some basic auto cyclic processes (erosion of concave banks, deposition on convex banks).https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/12658fluvial hydrogeomorphologylow-water channelParis BasinSeine Riverhydrological variabilityhuman impact
spellingShingle Séverine Lescure
Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta
Stéphane Cordier
Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?
EchoGéo
fluvial hydrogeomorphology
low-water channel
Paris Basin
Seine River
hydrological variability
human impact
title Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?
title_full Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?
title_fullStr Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?
title_full_unstemmed Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?
title_short Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ?
title_sort sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le val de seine bassin parisien france depuis 1830 quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques
topic fluvial hydrogeomorphology
low-water channel
Paris Basin
Seine River
hydrological variability
human impact
url https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/12658
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