Anabranching in mixed bedrock-alluvial rivers: The example of the Orange River above Augrabies Falls, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Geomorphology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 235-262

  Tooth, S ^a,b   McCarthy, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anabranching; Arid channels; Bedrock erosion; Longitudinal profile; Riparian vegetation; River pattern

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GNEISS; GRANITE;

AFRICA; NORTHERN CAPE; ORANGE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1142305270     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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