Braided rivers: Structure, types and hydrological effects

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 258-275

  Chalov, Sergey R ^a   Alexeevsky, Nikolay I ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Braided channel; Flow partitioning; River ecology; Sediment load; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE; WATER RESOURCES;

BRAIDED CHANNEL; FLOW PARTITIONING; RIVER ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT LOADS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONFLUENCE; DISCHARGE; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING;

CHINA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928939908     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.023     Document Type: Article

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