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Analysis of the riparian vegetation expansion in middle size rivers in Korea

중규모 하천에서의 식생 증가 현황에 대한 분석

  • Kim, Won (Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Kim, Sinae (Department of Water Resources, Isan Corporation)
  • 김원 (한국건설기술연구원 국토보전연구본부) ;
  • 김시내 ((주)이산 수자원부)
  • Received : 2019.07.15
  • Accepted : 2019.09.30
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

The expansion of riparian vegetation in middle size rivers in Korea had been analyzed in this study. Seom River with dam, Cheongmi River without dam, and Naesung River with no operating dam in the upstream was investigated for the 1 km to identify the expansion of riparian vegetation through the aerial photograph analysis. As a results, we found that the rate of vegetation area is 54.7% in Seom River, 77.5% in Cheongmi River, and 49.7% in Naesung River. The vegetation area had been increased in 3 rivers, and the expansion rate since 2010 is very high nearly up to 2 times (17 times in Naesung River). Sandbar and open-water area, however, have been decreased in the same rate with the riparian vegetation expansion. It could be concluded that vegetation increase trend is clear in rivers regardless of location and dam existence. Further researches are necessary to find out the causes to establish the countermeasures because the increase of vegetation will change the physical system as well as biological system of river.

본 연구의 목적은 우리나라 중규모 하천에서의 식생 확장 현상을 분석하는 것이다. 상류에 댐이 있는 섬강, 댐이 없는 청미천, 댐이 있지만 운영이 되지 않고 있는 내성천 등 세 개 하천의 약 1 km 구간에 대해 항공사진 분석을 통한 식생 면적 확장 현상을 분석하였다. 그 결과 해당 구간 면적 대비 섬강 54.7% (2016), 청미천 77.5% (2016), 내성천 49.7% (2017)를 식생이 차지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 2010년 이후 청미천과 섬강에서 약 2배, 내성천에서 약 17배로 급격하게 식생이 증가하였고 이에 따라 사주나 수면적은 그만큼 감소하였다. 하천의 위치나 댐 유무에 관계없이 최근들어 하천내 식생이 크게 확장하고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 하천내 식생 면적의 급격한 증가는 하천의 물리적 구조 뿐만아니라 생태계에도 변화를 유발할 수 있기 때문에 정확한 원인의 규명과 이에 대한 대책의 수립이 필요하다고 판단된다.

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