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sediment transport pathways 
TELEMAC/SISYPHE B) 
MARINA 
|[ln(rn ! /m/a)] 
[ln(m s /m/a)] 
(A+B+C)/3 = mean 
UnTRIM / SediMorph 
|[ln(m 3 /m/a)] 
|[ln(m a /m/a)] | 
Figure 16: Sediment transport pathways from different model systems and mean value of them. 
The shape and position of the sediment transport pathways proved relatively stable over 
the various years of simulation. The deficiency of sediment in die region of die Nordi 
Frisian Islands (northern part of die German Bight) is especially apparent in all model 
results. 
The variability of die sediment transport pathways is considerably higher in die oudet 
regions of the German estuaries owing to the complex bathymetric situation and the river 
run off which has a marked induence on sediment transport. Fig. 17 documents the mean 
sediment transport padiways for die moudi of die Elbe estuary for die year 2000 (top 
panel) and for 2010 (lower panel).