Restoration of dynamic flood plain topography and riparian vegetation establishment through engineered levee breaching

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 276, 2002, Pages 85-91

  Mount, Jeffrey F ^a   Florsheim, Joan L ^a   Trowbridge, Wendy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cosumnes River; Flood plain; Levee breach; Riparian vegetation; Sedimentation; Topography

Indexed keywords

LEVEES; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

FLOODS;

FLOODPLAIN; LEVEE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036377750     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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