Posted: Feb 19, 2020 2:25 pm
Alan B wrote:Cito di Pense wrote:Alan B wrote:The recent severe flooding in the UK attributed to unusual heavy rainfall (which in turn may be due to Climate Change) has made me ask the question: Has an increase of just a few cms or so in the sea level caused a tendency for the rivers to flow more slowly into the sea and 'back-up' thereby contributing to the excessive flooding with rivers bursting their banks and other anti-flood defences?
Has anyone carried out research into sea level and river flow and how much change in sea level can cause a particular change in river flow?
Water is a fluid, Alan. You can't make dams out of water.
If the sea level rises a river's rate of flow into the sea could decrease. This could cause 'overflowing' upstream. (I think.)
A rising sea can’t cause any river higher than sea level to flow more slowly. See my comment about the pipe above.