Morphology of the mouth of the river Douro (Portugal)

The river Douro debouches into the Atlantic Ocean near Oporto (Portugal) with a funnel-shaped mouth, partly closed from the ocean with a sand spit. Both the wave-induced longshore sediment transport as the sediment yield of the river are limited by the available quantity of sediment (non-alluvial conditions). The results of some sediment...

Hydro-morphogical study Douro Estuary

The Administracao dos Portos do Douro e Leixoes is confronted with the fact that future expansion of the port area of Leixoes is limited by the surrounding hills and urbanization. One of the alternatives for future expansion might be the creation of port facilities in the Douro estuary, where a relatively large, flat area is available. However,...