| River Basin Sediment Dynamics: Processes, Modelling, Monitoring and Management under Environmental Change
HS9
River Basin Sediment Dynamics: Processes, Modelling, Monitoring and Management under Environmental Change
Co-organized by GM5
Convener: Ravi RajECSECS | Co-conveners: Anshul Yadav, Jan-Christoph Otto, Rishi GuptaECSECS

Rapid environmental change and increasing pressures on land and water systems highlight the need to better understand sediment dynamics across river basins. This session brings together research spanning the source-to-sink continuum, from soil erosion and sediment generation on hillslopes and uplands to sediment transport, connectivity, deposition, river processes, and reservoir sedimentation.
We welcome contributions that advance understanding through experiments, observations, monitoring, remote sensing, modelling, and data-driven approaches, including sediment tracing and fingerprinting. We particularly encourage studies addressing sediment dynamics under climate and land-use change, including extreme sediment-mobilizing events such as sediment-laden floods, debris flows, landslide-generated sediment pulses, and their downstream consequences.
Contributions addressing river and catchment management, reservoir sedimentation, restoration, nature-based solutions, and sustainable sediment management are also encouraged. The session aims to connect fundamental process understanding with practical applications and foster interaction among researchers working across hydrology, geomorphology, sediment transport, environmental engineering, and related disciplines. We particularly welcome contributions from early-career researchers alongside established scientists and practitioners.