Effects of beaver dams and ponds on hydrologic and hydraulic responses of storm flows in urban streams of the Tualatin River Basin, northwestern Oregon

Beaver dams affect stream hydraulics by temporarily impounding water in stream channels. Beaver dams and their associated impoundments can potentially influence streamflow hydrographs and stream hydraulics in multiple ways including altering the magnitude and duration of high flows, temporary storage of storm water, and the range and spatial distribution of water depths and velocities in...