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During the autumn flood season of 2021, rainstorms occurred frequently in the main and tributaries of the Yellow River, and three numbered floods followed, with rare flood history. This paper summarized the characteristics of this autumn flood from the aspects of rainfall, water, flood and reservoir operation and lists historical autumn floods for comparison. Around the three numbered floods of the Yellow River, through the changes of inflow and outflow and water level of Sanmenxia, Xiaolangdi, Luhun, Guxian and Hekoucun reservoirs in the regulating process, it was calculated that the peak clipping of the "five-reservoir joint regulation" in the three floods was 49.29%, 46.10% and 47.84% respectively. The flood detention effect was Xiaolangdi > Sanmenxia > Guxian > Luhun > Hekoucun. Through the analysis, it is concluded that the local river flat flow in the lower reaches of the Yellow River is less than 5,000 m³/s, which is the most critical factor restricting reservoir operation and downstream flood control safety. Suggestions are put forward to improve the flood capacity of the lower reaches of the river at the bayou section so as to open the operation space of cascade reservoirs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The gathering of mass of ice cubesin front of the dam leads to an ice dam formation, which will change the over-current conditions. As the ice and water accumulate to a certain level, a dam break may occur. The test shows that when ice dam at different levels bursts, the flow speed varies as well; and the higher the dam is, the faster the flow velocity will be. Therefore the research on the characteristics of water flow during ice dam burst has an important reference and application value to prevention and response of ice jam flood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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