“…Shallow flows are predominant in nature and also emerge in many engineering applications such as sudden expansions (Shapira et al, 1990), compound channels (Chu et al, 1991;Ghidaoui and Kolyshkin, 1999), storage chambers (Adamson et al, 2003;Stovin and Saul, 1996), settling tanks (Frey et al, 1993), shallow reservoirs sedimentation (Camnasio et al, 2013;Dufresne et al, 2012;Kantoush et al, 2008aKantoush et al, , 2010 and sediment flushing (Esmaeili et al, 2014b;Kantoush and Schleiss, 2009). …”