Investigation of coastal morphological changes due to river basin characteristics by means of remote sensing and GIS techniques

D. Z. Seker*, C. Goksel, S. Kabdasli, N. Musaoglu, S. Kaya

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Abstract

The Riva River is located on the Anatolian (Asian) side of Istanbul by the Black Sea coast, with a wonderful sandy beach and delta formation which has been selected as the study area. The Riva is the largest river in this region, which flows into the Black Sea and also gives its' name to the area. The river carries some amount of sediments to the Black Sea. These particles cause considerable changes not only in the bed bathymetry and coastal boundaries of the river but also along the coastline of the Black Sea. The aim of this study is to determine these variations by means of satellite data and GIS. In the study, satellite images dated 1975, 1984, 1992 and 2001 have been used. At the end of the study, the possibility of observing bathymetric changes in front of the coastline by means of satellite data has been investigated and results were evaluated and visualised by means of GIS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-142
Number of pages8
JournalWater Science and Technology
Volume48
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Keywords

  • Coastline
  • GIS
  • Morphological changes
  • Remote sensing

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