The Role of Overbank Flow in Governing the Form of an Anabranching River: The Fitzroy River, Northwestern Australia

Fluvial Sedimentology VI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 77-91

  Taylor, C F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Better understanding of modern fluvial processes and their sedimentary styles is needed to predict impact of future modification to river systems; Climate and flood hydrology; Contemporary planform characteristics; Controls on planform development; Fitzroy floodplain topographic floodplain; Main channel and Cunningham anabranch; Processes of planform development; Role of overbank flow in governing form of anabranching river the Fitzroy River, northwestern Australia

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; RIVER CONTROL; VEGETATION;

ANABRANCHING; CONTEMPORARY PLANFORM CHARACTERISTICS; FLOOD HYDROLOGY; FLOOD PLAINS; MAIN CHANNEL AND CUNNINGHAM ANABRANCH; RIVER SYSTEMS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

EID: 0002646705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304213.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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