N2 - The materials mining from rivers have a variety of negative and positive effects. Currently, one of the most important issues in river engineering is the proper management of materials mining. In this research, global experiences and interna-tional standards for managing sand and gravel mining have been applied to evaluate the mining area in the Zohreh River in Khuzestan province (Iran). One of the evaluation methods in this field is the river matrix method. In this method, which is defined on the basis of river pattern, river characteristics such as river size, site location of materials, associated channel and type of deposit are being considered. In this research, a segment of the Zohreh River between Sardasht Zeydun bridge and Mohseniyeh village in which has good potential for gravel mining was selected and evaluated for river characteristics, mining potential and application of river matrix method. The study indicates that the Zohreh River has a braided pattern in the range. The volume of sediment materials in the target area is about 10 000 m3, the length and width of the mining area are 125 and 80 m respectively, and surface extraction with a maximum depth of 1 m was recommended for extraction of materials. At the end of the research, management solutions and solutions for mining of river materials were presented using various standards. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/112843/PDF-MASTER/Azarang%20et%20al%20407.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/112843 PY - 2019 IS - No 41 EP - 30 KW - global experiences KW - sand and gravel mining KW - river matrix method KW - Zohreh River A1 - Azarang, Farhang A1 - Shafaei Bejestan, Mahmood A1 - Jafari, Ghazal A1 - Karami, Maryam PB - Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute DA - 2019 T1 - The application of global experiences in evaluation of mining zone: Case study the Zohreh River SP - 19 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/112843 T2 - Journal of Water and Land Development