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Prepared in cooperation with the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and Bonneville Power Administration

Simulation of Streamflow Using a Multidimensional Flow Model for White Sturgeon Habitat, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho—Supplement to Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5230

By Gary J. Barton, Richard R. McDonald, and Jonathan M. Nelson

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Figure 1. Location of study area near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and selected streamflow-gaging stations and dams in the Kootenai River drainage basin, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, Canada.

Figure 2. Location of upstream and downstream boundaries for multidimensional flow models, selected streamflow-gaging stations and data-collection sites, and simulated depth, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2005–06.

Figure 3. Location and number of white sturgeon spawning events, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 1994–2001.

Figure 4. Nodes forming an approximately 10 by 10-meter grid in the multidimensional flow model at river kilometer 247.3 to 249.3 in the braided reach of the Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Figure 5. Drag coefficient and lateral eddy viscosity for the calibrated braided-straight reach multidimensional flow model, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Figure 6. Measured cross sections of vertically averaged velocities and corresponding simulated velocities in the braided reach, for streamflow ranging from 825 to 860 cubic meters per second, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, May 25–26, 2005.

Figure 7. Gravel bars in the braided reach and polygons representing locations where variable drag coefficients were applied in the braided-straight reach model, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2002.

Figure 8. Drag coefficient and lateral eddy viscosity for the calibrated multidimensional flow model of the meander-straight reach, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Figure 9. White sturgeon spawning event locations and simulated average depth for five streamflows at cross sections positioned every 100 meters along meander, straight, and braided reaches, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Figure 10. White sturgeon spawning event locations and maximum depth for five streamflows at cross sections positioned every 100 meters along the meander, straight, and braided reaches, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Figure 11. White sturgeon spawning event locations and simulated average and maximum velocity for five streamflows at cross sections positioned every 100 meters along the meander, straight, and braided reaches, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Figure 12. Distribution of simulated velocity for five streamflows in the meander, straight, and braided reaches, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Figure 13. Streamflow and percentage of thalweg longitudinal profile achieving a minimum water depth of 5 and 7 meters between river kilometer 244.6 and 252.7, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, May 18–June 5, 2006, and May 22–June 5, 2007.

Figure 14. Streamflow and percentage of longitudinal profile achieving a minimum water column velocity of 1 meter per second between river kilometer 244.6 and 252.7, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, June 6–30, 2006, and 2007.

For additional information contact:
Director, Idaho Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
230 Collins Road
Boise, Idaho 83702
http://id.water.usgs.gov

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