Rivers in the landscape : science and management / Ellen Wohl.
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TextPublication details: New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, c2014.Description: xi, 318 p. ; illISBN: - 9781118414835 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| 551.483 Sch392 River morphology | 551.483 Sch392 Fluvial system | 551.483 Su957 River Klaralven | 551.483 W846 Rivers in the landscape : | 551.4830184 Sh546 Modeling of rivers | 551.48307 N469 River studies and recommendations on improvement of Niger and Benue | 551.4830954 B575 Lower Damodar river, India |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Introduction--
Chapter 2: Creating channels and channel networks--
Channel Processes I:
Chapter 3: Water dynamics--
Channel Processes II
Chapter 4: Fluvial sediment dynamics--
Chapter 5: Channel forms--
Chapter 6: Extra-channel environments--
Chapter 7: Humans and rivers--
Chapter 8: Rivers in the landscape--
References--
Index.
Rivers in the Landscape will summarize the state of knowledge concerning physical processes and forms in rivers. The organization and content of the book emphasize that rivers exist as part of a greater landscape. For example, the text explicitly discusses: connectivity between the river channel, the atmosphere, the adjacent uplands and floodplain, and subsurface environments; the interactions between tectonics and river networks; and the influences of climate, biota, and human activities on river process and form. The text concisely summarizes the basic characteristics of natural rivers, fro.
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