Vegetation controls on channel stability in the Bell River, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-134

  Rowntree, Kate M ^a   Dollar, Evan S J ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bank stability; Channel avulsion; Riparian vegetation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STABILIZATION;

BELL RIVER; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032942515     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199902)24:2<127::AID-ESP944>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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