| River Morphology Including Large-Scale Features, Regional Processes, Mechanics, Alluvial River, Bedrock River, and Bedforms Contributor(s): Sing, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1286836301 ISBN-13: 9781286836309 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $19.58 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.66 lbs) 160 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term river morphology is used to describe the shapes river channels and how they change over time. The morphology of a river channel is a function of a number of processes and environmental conditions, including the composition and erodibility of the bed and banks, vegetation and the rate of plant growth, the availability of sediment, the size and composition of the sediment moving through the channel, the rate of sediment transport through the channel, and the rate of deposition on the floodplain, banks, bars, and bed. An alluvial river is a lowland river in which the bed and banks are made up of mobile sediment and/or soil. A bedrock river is a river that typically has little to no alluvium mantling the bedrock over which it flows. A bedform is a depositional feature on the bed of a river. This book studies river morphology including valley, river delta, base level, erosion, oxbow lake, and stream pool. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |