Sediment sources and transport dynamics in large, regulated river systems with multiple lakes and reservoirs in the subarctic region of Canada

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Goharrokhi, Masoud, McCullough, Gregory K., Lobb, David A., Owens, Philip N., Koiter, Alexander J.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Burntwood River; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14675; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.14675; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/hyp.14675

Abstract The Burntwood River (BR) and Upper Nelson River (UNR) are regulated rivers in the subarctic region of Canada. They merge at Split Lake and then discharge into Hudson Bay via the Lower Nelson River (LNR). The BR water discharge was increased eight‐fold by a cross‐watershed diversion in 1976....