Question

How types of methods are adopted for the training of rivers?

(a) 7

(b) 8

(c) 5

(d) 6

The question was posed to me in my homework.

I would like to ask this question from Control and Training of Rivers topic in chapter Rivers Behaviour, Control and Training of Irrigation Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) 7

The best I can explain: Generally seven methods are adopted for training rivers, which includes bank protection. These methods are namely; Levees, Guide Banks, Spurs, Artificial cut-offs, Pitched Islands, Miscellaneous Methods, and Pitching of Banks and provision of launching aprons.