The Danube: Morphology, Evolution and Environmental Issues

Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 235-260

  Lóczy, Dénes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Absolute maximum recorded discharge; Annual suspended sediment; Glaciers and gravel depositing southern tributaries; Irrigated arable cultivation and elongated freshwater lakes; Large alluvial fans and broad terraces; Large scale meandering and anastomosing meandering pattern; Overlying travertine accumulations; River flow regulations and drainage measures; Sluggishly meandering rivers and extensive flat lakes; Walnut sized limestone and ophiolite boulders

Indexed keywords

LAKES; LIME; LIMESTONE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; FRESH WATER LAKES; LARGE-SCALE MEANDERING AND ANASTOMOSING-MEANDERING PATTERN; MEANDERING RIVERS; OVERLYING TRAVERTINE ACCUMULATIONS; RIVER FLOW; WALNUT-SIZED LIMESTONE AND OPHIOLITE BOULDERS;

RIVERS;

EID: 84889364488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723722.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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