Geomorphic diversity in the braided-wandering Belá River, Slovak Carpathians, as a response to flood variability and environmental changes

Geomorphology

Volumn 272, Issue , 2016, Pages 137-149

  Kidová, Anna ^a   Lehotský, Milan ^a   Rusnák, Miloš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Braided river; Flood; Geomorphic diversity; River response

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BRAIDED RIVER; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST COVER; GIS;

BELA RIVER; CARPATHIANS; PRESOVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84954350261     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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