Rivers in the landscape

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"A comprehensive and accessible overview of the current state of knowledge for river process and form, taking a holistic approach to the subject with coverage of integrated river science and management in practice." --Back cover.

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Full title :Rivers in the landscape / Ellen Wohl, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA.

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Publication Date:2014

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Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

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Description:xi, 318 pages ; : 26 cm

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ISBN:9781118414835, 1118414837, 9781118414897, 1118414896
oclc:ocn864808594
LC Classification:GB1201.7
Dewey Decimal:551.48/3

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1. Connectivity and inequality -- 1.2. Six degrees of connection -- 1.3. Rivers as integrators -- 1.4.Organization of this volume -- 1.5. Understanding rivers -- 1.5.1. The Colorado Front Range -- 1.6. Only connect -- ch. 2 Creating channels and channel networks -- 2.1. Generating water, solutes, and sediment -- 2.1.1. Generating water -- 2.1.2. Generating sediment and solutes -- 2.2. Getting water, solutes, and sediment downslope to channels -- 2.2.1. Downslope pathways of water -- 2.2.2. Downslope movement of sediment -- 2.2.3. Processes and patterns of water chemistry entering channels -- 2.2.4. Influence of the riparian zone on fluxes into channels -- 2.3. Channel initiation -- 2.4. Extension and development of the drainage network -- 2.4.1. Morphometric indices and scaling laws -- 2.4.2. Optimality -- 2.5. Spatial differentiation within drainage basins -- 2.6. Summary -- Channel processes I -- ch. 3 Water dynamics -- 3.1. Hydraulics.

Contents note continued: 3.1.1. Flow classification -- 3.1.2. Energy, flow state, and hydraulic jumps -- 3.1.3. Uniform flow equations and flow resistance -- 3.1.4. Velocity and turbulence…