Simulation of river bank erosion and its hazards by BSTEM model (Case study: Galali river, Ghorveh)

River channel change, bank erosion and bank sedimentation are natural process of alluvial rivers that cause destruction of agricultural lands and destroyed of structures around the river bank. The aim of this research is estimation of bank retrogression rate and bank erosion in Galali river (the reach between Galali and Shirvaneh village) due to assessment of changes and estimation of potential changes in frequency of bank failures (Safety Factor) and sediment load from the river bank in two different scenario and 12 hours and three reaches by BSTEM model. The big floods can be caused bank erosion in this river and this issue is so important because there are some dams have been constructed in downstream of this river so estimation of erosion and sediment load is very important. Results show that total eroded areas in first scenario are 0.244, 0.372 and 0.054 m2 in reaches 1, 2 and 3 and the total eroded areas in second scenario are 0.272, 0.1 and 0.054 in reaches 1, 2 and 3 respectively. According to bank stability and safety factor, all of three cross-sections are unstable in first scenario and safety factor is less that 1 but safety factor increase in second scenario so that safety factor is around 1 in reaches 1 and 2 and in reach 3 is more than 1. Therefore, by protection works on the erodible banks can be reduced the total volume of the sediment load from eroded bank.