Characteristics of meanders and oxbow lakes in Qinghai-Tibet plateau

River Flow 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 727-734

  Li, Z W ^a   Wang, Z Y ^a   Liu, L ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL GRADIENTS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FLOW DISCHARGES; HEIHE RIVER; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NARROW CHANNEL; NUMBER DENSITY; OXBOW LAKES; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; VALLEY WIDTH;

HYDRAULICS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW;

RIVERS;

EID: 84867972685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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