Confluence effects in rivers: Interactions of basin scale, network geometry, and disturbance regimes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Benda, Lee ^a   Andras, Kevin ^a   Miller, Daniel ^b   Bigelow, Paul ^a  

^a Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

^b Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Confluences; Fluvial geomorphology; River networks

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHANNEL FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

CHANNEL NETWORK PATTERNS; TRIBUTARIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONFLUENCE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; TRIBUTARY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942720786     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002583     Document Type: Review

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