Sediment Management in River Basins: An Essential Element of the River Basin Management Plans

The Vistula River and the Oder River drain about 18% of the Baltic Sea Basin and drain 97.9% of the territory of Poland. This river basins serve as an example to show the kind of data, modelling, and analysis tools that are required for a qualitative and quantitative description of sediment dynamics. These methods are used to investigate sediment management options. First, a brief overview of the sediments types transported by Vistula and Oder and their tributaries is presented, anthropogenic impacts on sediment transport, followed by a description of the current methods of monitoring and modelling system used in this study. Lastly, the article looks at specific methods applications for sediment management tasks.