Geomorphology GM_Catchment and basin attributes Upland soil characteristics, topography, and 15 5 2 22 landscape erodibility metrics that could influence soil erosion and wasting related and subsequent sedimentation related to hydropower development GM_Channel Channel properties such as bankfull wetted 56 18 18 91 width, bankfull discharge, channel slope, braided channel, channelization GM_Flooplain valley Metrics related to channel confinement, 10 2 6 18 entrenchment, migration, etc. GM_Sediment and substrate Sediment and substrate properties such as 31 25 14 70 substrate particle size, bedload, sediment entrainment or deposition, bedrock composition Infrastructure & ID_Dam attributes Head, dam height, spill gate type, bar rack, and so 97 2 5 104 Design on ID_Fish passage Characteristics of fish passage structures such as 9 0 2 11 slope, velocity, and discharge ID_Turbine Turbine characteristics including forces in the 15 5 1 21 turbine environment such as pressure, shear, cavitation, turbine type, turbine speed, blade strike Land Cover LC_Area impacted, project area Project boundary area, area impacted by the 41 0 2 43 project as whole, not related to reservoir inundation or land cover LC_Floodplain or riparian vegetation Properties of floodplain or riparian vegetation 1 0 0 1 such as riparian encroachment or floodplain area LC_Land cover class Type of land cover, changes in land cover 13 19 4 36 LC_Protected land Spatial properties of protected lands including 14 3 3 20 losses or increases LC_Reservoir inundation Reservoir area, upland or floodplain inundation, 20 2 0 22 biomass inundated/lost
Geomorphology GM_Catchment and basin attributes Upland soil characteristics, topography, and landscape erodibility metrics that could influence soil erosion and wasting related and subsequent sedimentation related to hydropower development 15 5 2 22 GM_Channel Channel properties such as bankfull wetted width, bankfull discharge, channel slope, braided channel, channelization 56 18 18 91 GM_Flooplain valley Metrics related to channel confinement, entrenchment, migration, etc. 10 2 6 18 GM_Sediment and substrate Sediment and substrate properties such as substrate particle size, bedload, sediment entrainment or deposition, bedrock composition 31 25 14 70 Infrastructure & Design ID_Dam attributes Head, dam height, spill gate type, bar rack, and so on 97 2 5 104 ID_Fish passage Characteristics of fish passage structures such as slope, velocity, and discharge 9 0 2 11 ID_Turbine Turbine characteristics including forces in the turbine environment such as pressure, shear, cavitation, turbine type, turbine speed, blade strike 15 5 1 21 Land Cover LC_Area impacted, project area Project boundary area, area impacted by the project as whole, not related to reservoir inundation or land cover 41 0 2 43 LC_Floodplain or riparian vegetation Properties of floodplain or riparian vegetation such as riparian encroachment or floodplain area 1 0 0 1 LC_Land cover class Type of land cover, changes in land cover 13 19 4 36 LC_Protected land Spatial properties of protected lands including losses or increases 14 3 3 20 LC_Reservoir inundation Reservoir area, upland or floodplain inundation, biomass inundated/lost 20 2 0 22