M. Gordon Wolman

River Channel Patterns

From the consistency with which rivers of all sizes increase in size downstream, it can be inferred that the physical laws governing the formation of the channel of a great river are the same as those operating in a small one. One step towards understanding the mechanisms of operation is to describe many rivers of various kinds. The present study is concerned principally with channel pattern. The term refers to limited reaches of channel that can be defined as straight, sinuous, meandering or braided. Channel patterns do not, however, fall easily into well-defined categories, for, as will be discussed, there is a gradual merging of one pattern into another. The difference between a sinuous course and a meandering one is a matter of degree. Similarly, there is a gradation between the occurrence of scattered islands and a truly braided pattern.

Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology

Fluvial processes in geomorphology , Fluvial processes in geomorphology , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی