Rivers in the landscape
Creating Channels and Channel Networks -- Water Dynamics -- Fluvial Sediment Dynamics -- Large Wood Dynamics -- Channel Forms -- Extra-Channel Environments -- Rivers in the Landscape
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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Hoboken, NJ, Chichester, West Sussex
Wiley Blackwell
2020
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| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Creating Channels and Channel Networks -- Water Dynamics -- Fluvial Sediment Dynamics -- Large Wood Dynamics -- Channel Forms -- Extra-Channel Environments -- Rivers in the Landscape "Rivers are the great shapers of terrestrial landscapes. Very few points on Earth above sea level do not lie within a drainage basin. Even points distant from the nearest channel are likely to be influenced by that channel. Tectonic uplift raises rock thousands of meters above sea level. Precipitation falling on the uplifted terrain concentrates into channels that carry sediment downward to the oceans and influence the steepness of adjacent hill slopes by governing the rate at which the landscape incises. Rivers migrate laterally across lowlands, creating a complex topography of terraces, floodplain wetlands and channels. Subtle differences in elevation, grain size, and soil moisture across this topography control the movement of ground water and the distribution of plants and animals"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-490) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 500 Seiten, 36 ungezählte Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9781119535416 978-1-119-53541-6 9781119535478 9781119535430 |