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Large rivers : geomorphology and management / / edited by Avijit Gupta
Large rivers : geomorphology and management / / edited by Avijit Gupta
Edizione [Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (1043 pages)
Disciplina 551.483
Soggetto topico Rivers
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-119-41263-3
1-119-41264-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editor -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Large Rivers and People -- 1.2 What Is a Large River? -- 1.3 The Book and its Content -- References -- Chapter 2 Geology of Large River Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Tectonic Settings of Large River Systems -- 2.2.1 Rivers in Continental Collision Belts -- 2.2.2 Rivers in Rift Settings -- 2.2.3 Rivers in Cratonic Settings -- 2.3 Complexity of Drainage Types and Channel Morphology -- 2.3.1 Controls of Regional Tectonic Setting -- 2.3.2 Source Area Characteristics and Diversity of Channel Patterns -- 2.3.3 Response to Active Tectonics and Basin Filling -- 2.3.4 Longitudinal Form and Stream Power -- 2.4 Large Rivers - Climatic Settings and Climatic Variability -- 2.5 Modern Large Rivers - Hydrology and Sediment Dispersal -- 2.5.1 Spatial Variability in Hydrology and Sediment Flux -- 2.5.2 Climatic and Geologic Controls of Sediment Yield -- 2.6 Landforms and Alluvial Architecture of Large River Systems -- 2.6.1 Longitudinal Trunk Systems -- 2.6.2 Radial Fans -- 2.6.3 Fan-Interfan Setting -- 2.6.4 Interfluves -- 2.7 Growth and Development of Large River Systems -- 2.8 Duration of Large River Systems and the Rock Record -- 2.9 Sea Level, Tectonic, and Climatic Controls on the Large River Systems -- 2.10 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Hydrology and Discharge -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Role of Floodplains and Lakes in Discharge Attenuation in Large Rivers -- 3.1.2 Historical Alterations of the Hydrology and Discharge of Large Rivers -- 3.2 Large Rivers of the Equatorial Regions -- 3.2.1 The Amazon River -- 3.2.2 The Congo River -- 3.2.3 The Zambezi River -- 3.3 Large Rivers of the Drylands -- 3.3.1 The Nile River -- 3.3.2 The Indus River -- 3.3.3 The Colorado River.
3.3.4 The Murray-Darling River -- 3.4 Rivers of the Mid‐Latitudes -- 3.4.1 Mississippi River -- 3.4.2 The Danube River -- 3.5 Rivers Draining South from the Himalaya -- 3.5.1 Ganga River -- 3.5.2 The Brahmaputra River -- 3.6 Rivers of East and Southeast Asia -- 3.6.1 Huanghe -- 3.6.2 The Changjiang -- 3.6.3 The Mekong -- 3.7 High‐Latitude Rivers -- 3.7.1 Ob, Yenisei, and Lena Rivers -- 3.7.2 Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4 Transcontinental Moving and Storage: The Orinoco and Amazon Rivers Transfer the Andes to the Atlantic -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Andean Sources and Alluvial Storage -- 4.3 Orinoco -- 4.4 Amazon -- 4.4.1 Setting -- 4.4.2 Storage and Remobilization of Floodplain Sediment -- 4.4.3 Sediment Storage in the Lowermost Amazon Valley -- 4.5 The Amazon Goes to Sea -- 4.6 Coda -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5 Megafloods and Large Rivers -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Historical Background -- 5.3 Terrestrial Glacial Megafloods -- 5.3.1 Cordilleran Ice Sheet -- 5.3.2 Laurentide Ice Sheet -- 5.3.3 Eurasia Ice Sheets and Adjacent Seas -- 5.3.4 Central Asian Mountains -- 5.4 Extraterrestrial Megafloods and Megarivers -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Classification, Architecture, and Evolution of Large River Deltas -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definition of a Delta and Delta Components -- 6.3 Classification of Deltas -- 6.4 Morphology and Sediment -- 6.4.1 Morphology -- 6.4.2 Sediments and Sediment Facies -- 6.4.3 Sediment Accumulation Rates -- 6.5 Delta Evolution -- 6.5.1 Response to Holocene Sea‐Level Change -- 6.5.2 Changes in the Course of a River Channel and of Its Distributaries -- 6.5.3 Coastal Environment Change Related to Delta Progradation -- 6.6 Problems of Sediment Supply -- 6.6.1 Estimation of Past Sediment Discharge.
6.6.2 Sediment Budgets in Deltas and Sediment Supply to the Oceans -- 6.7 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Large River Deposits: Recognition and Preservation Potential in the Rock Record -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Geomorphology of Modern Big Rivers -- 7.3 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Modern Big Rivers -- 7.4 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Ancient Big Rivers -- 7.5 Discussion: Preservation Potential of Big River Deposits -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 Effects of Tectonism and Sea‐Level Change on the Form and Behaviour of the Modern Amazon River and Its Floodplain -- 8.1 Background -- 8.2 Amazon Basin Characteristics -- 8.3 Tectonic Influences on the Modern Amazon -- 8.3.1 First‐order Basin‐Scale Influences -- 8.3.2 Second‐order Transverse Structures -- 8.3.3 Fracture Patterns -- 8.4 Structural Influences on Amazon River Geomorphology -- 8.5 Influences of Sea‐Level Changes on the Amazon River and Floodplain -- 8.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9 The Mississippi River System -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Cenozoic Drainage Evolution -- 9.3 Influence of Quaternary Glaciations -- 9.4 Proglacial Lakes and Extreme Floods -- 9.5 Response of the Lower Mississippi Valley to Upper Valley Glaciation and Flooding -- 9.6 The Mississippi River System During the Holocene -- 9.6.1 Climate and Vegetation Changes -- 9.6.2 Holocene Alluvial Episodes -- 9.6.3 Holocene Flood Episodes in the Upper Mississippi Valley -- 9.6.4 Lower Valley Alluvial Responses to Upper Valley Holocene Environmental Change -- 9.7 Morphology of the Mississippi River -- 9.7.1 Upper Mississippi River -- 9.7.2 Lower Mississippi River -- 9.8 Modern Hydrology -- 9.8.1 Climate, Runoff, and Floods -- 9.8.2 Dams: Flow Modification and Sediment Storage.
9.9 The Mississippi River System: Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10 The Colorado River -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Physiography -- 10.3 Gradient, Valley Width, and Channel Form in the Colorado Plateau -- 10.4 Hydrology -- 10.5 The Colorado River in the Millennium Drought -- 10.5.1 The Upper Basin -- 10.5.1.1 The Upper Colorado River -- 10.5.1.2 The Green River -- 10.5.1.3 The San Juan River -- 10.5.2 Lower Basin -- 10.5.2.1 The Grand Canyon Segment -- 10.5.2.2 The Lower River -- 10.5.2.3 The Delta -- 10.6 Hydrology: Past and Future -- 10.6.1 Early Efforts to Estimate the Annual Flow of the Colorado River -- 10.6.2 Tree‐ring Estimates of Hydrology -- 10.6.3 Paleoflood Hydrology -- 10.6.4 Colorado River Hydrology in the Future -- 10.7 Pre‐dam and Post‐dam Sediment Yield and Sediment Transport -- 10.8 Channel Adjustment and Ecological Change During the Twentieth Century -- 10.8.1 The Delta and Its Transformation -- 10.8.2 The Imperial Valley and Salton Sea -- 10.8.3 The Lower River -- 10.8.4 The River System Within the Colorado Plateau -- 10.8.4.1 Channel Adjustment in Segments Where Transport Capacity Exceeds Supply -- 10.8.4.2 Channel Adjustment in Segments Where Capacity is Less Than Supply -- 10.9 Modern Fish Community -- 10.10 Environmental Management of the Modern River -- 10.10.1 The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program -- 10.10.1.1 The 1996 Controlled Flood -- 10.10.2 Opportunities for Recovery of the Delta Ecosystem -- 10.11 The Future -- 10.12 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 The Lena: A Large River in a Deep Permafrost Zone -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Description of the Lena Drainage Basin -- 11.3 A Periglacial Environment -- 11.4 Floodplain, Delta, and Periglacial Land Forms -- 11.4.1 Fluvial Dynamics and Landforms -- 11.4.1.1 Hydrologic Functioning of a Periglacial River.
11.4.2 Fluvial Forms of the Middle and Lower Lena River -- 11.4.3 Thermal Erosion and Its Impact on the Fluvial Forms -- 11.5 Impact of Climatic Change on the Hydrosystem -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 The Danube: Morphology, Evolution, and Environmental Issues -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Water and Sediment -- 12.3 Headwaters of the Danube -- 12.4 Hydromorphology of the Danube Sections -- 12.4.1 The Upper Danube in Germany and Austria -- 12.4.2 The Middle Danube (Slovakia, Hungary, and Serbia) -- 12.4.3 The Lower Danube (Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine) -- 12.5 The Danube Delta -- 12.5.1 Delta Habitats and Environmental Problems -- 12.6 The Evolution of the Valley of the Danube -- 12.6.1 The Upper Section -- 12.6.2 The Middle Section -- 12.6.3 The Lower Section -- 12.6.4 The Delta -- 12.7 Human Impacts -- 12.7.1 A Brief History of Channelization -- 12.7.2 The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal -- 12.7.3 An Example of Damming the Danube: the Gabčíkovo Barrage in Slovakia -- 12.7.4 The Rise in Water Temperature -- 12.7.5 Pollution -- 12.7.6 How Much is the Danube Worth? -- References -- Chapter 13 The Yukon and the Mackenzie: Large Arctic Rivers of North America -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Large Arctic Rivers of North America -- 13.2.1 Geography -- 13.2.2 Unique Characteristics of Arctic and Subarctic Rivers Relative to Large Rivers in Other Climates -- 13.3 The Yukon and the Mackenzie: A Study in Contrasts -- 13.3.1 Physical Characteristics -- 13.3.1.1 The Mackenzie -- 13.3.1.2 The Yukon -- 13.3.2 Similarities and Differences Between the Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers -- 13.4 The Future of Large Arctic Rivers in North America -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 The River Nile: Evolution and Environment -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Nile Basin River Environments -- 14.3 Early Origins and the Neogene Nile.
14.3.1 The Late Miocene Nile Canyon in Egypt.
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Large rivers : geomorphology and management / / edited by Avijit Gupta
Large rivers : geomorphology and management / / edited by Avijit Gupta
Edizione [Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (1043 pages)
Disciplina 551.483
Soggetto topico Rivers
ISBN 1-119-41263-3
1-119-41264-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editor -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Large Rivers and People -- 1.2 What Is a Large River? -- 1.3 The Book and its Content -- References -- Chapter 2 Geology of Large River Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Tectonic Settings of Large River Systems -- 2.2.1 Rivers in Continental Collision Belts -- 2.2.2 Rivers in Rift Settings -- 2.2.3 Rivers in Cratonic Settings -- 2.3 Complexity of Drainage Types and Channel Morphology -- 2.3.1 Controls of Regional Tectonic Setting -- 2.3.2 Source Area Characteristics and Diversity of Channel Patterns -- 2.3.3 Response to Active Tectonics and Basin Filling -- 2.3.4 Longitudinal Form and Stream Power -- 2.4 Large Rivers - Climatic Settings and Climatic Variability -- 2.5 Modern Large Rivers - Hydrology and Sediment Dispersal -- 2.5.1 Spatial Variability in Hydrology and Sediment Flux -- 2.5.2 Climatic and Geologic Controls of Sediment Yield -- 2.6 Landforms and Alluvial Architecture of Large River Systems -- 2.6.1 Longitudinal Trunk Systems -- 2.6.2 Radial Fans -- 2.6.3 Fan-Interfan Setting -- 2.6.4 Interfluves -- 2.7 Growth and Development of Large River Systems -- 2.8 Duration of Large River Systems and the Rock Record -- 2.9 Sea Level, Tectonic, and Climatic Controls on the Large River Systems -- 2.10 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Hydrology and Discharge -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Role of Floodplains and Lakes in Discharge Attenuation in Large Rivers -- 3.1.2 Historical Alterations of the Hydrology and Discharge of Large Rivers -- 3.2 Large Rivers of the Equatorial Regions -- 3.2.1 The Amazon River -- 3.2.2 The Congo River -- 3.2.3 The Zambezi River -- 3.3 Large Rivers of the Drylands -- 3.3.1 The Nile River -- 3.3.2 The Indus River -- 3.3.3 The Colorado River.
3.3.4 The Murray-Darling River -- 3.4 Rivers of the Mid‐Latitudes -- 3.4.1 Mississippi River -- 3.4.2 The Danube River -- 3.5 Rivers Draining South from the Himalaya -- 3.5.1 Ganga River -- 3.5.2 The Brahmaputra River -- 3.6 Rivers of East and Southeast Asia -- 3.6.1 Huanghe -- 3.6.2 The Changjiang -- 3.6.3 The Mekong -- 3.7 High‐Latitude Rivers -- 3.7.1 Ob, Yenisei, and Lena Rivers -- 3.7.2 Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4 Transcontinental Moving and Storage: The Orinoco and Amazon Rivers Transfer the Andes to the Atlantic -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Andean Sources and Alluvial Storage -- 4.3 Orinoco -- 4.4 Amazon -- 4.4.1 Setting -- 4.4.2 Storage and Remobilization of Floodplain Sediment -- 4.4.3 Sediment Storage in the Lowermost Amazon Valley -- 4.5 The Amazon Goes to Sea -- 4.6 Coda -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5 Megafloods and Large Rivers -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Historical Background -- 5.3 Terrestrial Glacial Megafloods -- 5.3.1 Cordilleran Ice Sheet -- 5.3.2 Laurentide Ice Sheet -- 5.3.3 Eurasia Ice Sheets and Adjacent Seas -- 5.3.4 Central Asian Mountains -- 5.4 Extraterrestrial Megafloods and Megarivers -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Classification, Architecture, and Evolution of Large River Deltas -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definition of a Delta and Delta Components -- 6.3 Classification of Deltas -- 6.4 Morphology and Sediment -- 6.4.1 Morphology -- 6.4.2 Sediments and Sediment Facies -- 6.4.3 Sediment Accumulation Rates -- 6.5 Delta Evolution -- 6.5.1 Response to Holocene Sea‐Level Change -- 6.5.2 Changes in the Course of a River Channel and of Its Distributaries -- 6.5.3 Coastal Environment Change Related to Delta Progradation -- 6.6 Problems of Sediment Supply -- 6.6.1 Estimation of Past Sediment Discharge.
6.6.2 Sediment Budgets in Deltas and Sediment Supply to the Oceans -- 6.7 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Large River Deposits: Recognition and Preservation Potential in the Rock Record -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Geomorphology of Modern Big Rivers -- 7.3 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Modern Big Rivers -- 7.4 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Ancient Big Rivers -- 7.5 Discussion: Preservation Potential of Big River Deposits -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 Effects of Tectonism and Sea‐Level Change on the Form and Behaviour of the Modern Amazon River and Its Floodplain -- 8.1 Background -- 8.2 Amazon Basin Characteristics -- 8.3 Tectonic Influences on the Modern Amazon -- 8.3.1 First‐order Basin‐Scale Influences -- 8.3.2 Second‐order Transverse Structures -- 8.3.3 Fracture Patterns -- 8.4 Structural Influences on Amazon River Geomorphology -- 8.5 Influences of Sea‐Level Changes on the Amazon River and Floodplain -- 8.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9 The Mississippi River System -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Cenozoic Drainage Evolution -- 9.3 Influence of Quaternary Glaciations -- 9.4 Proglacial Lakes and Extreme Floods -- 9.5 Response of the Lower Mississippi Valley to Upper Valley Glaciation and Flooding -- 9.6 The Mississippi River System During the Holocene -- 9.6.1 Climate and Vegetation Changes -- 9.6.2 Holocene Alluvial Episodes -- 9.6.3 Holocene Flood Episodes in the Upper Mississippi Valley -- 9.6.4 Lower Valley Alluvial Responses to Upper Valley Holocene Environmental Change -- 9.7 Morphology of the Mississippi River -- 9.7.1 Upper Mississippi River -- 9.7.2 Lower Mississippi River -- 9.8 Modern Hydrology -- 9.8.1 Climate, Runoff, and Floods -- 9.8.2 Dams: Flow Modification and Sediment Storage.
9.9 The Mississippi River System: Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10 The Colorado River -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Physiography -- 10.3 Gradient, Valley Width, and Channel Form in the Colorado Plateau -- 10.4 Hydrology -- 10.5 The Colorado River in the Millennium Drought -- 10.5.1 The Upper Basin -- 10.5.1.1 The Upper Colorado River -- 10.5.1.2 The Green River -- 10.5.1.3 The San Juan River -- 10.5.2 Lower Basin -- 10.5.2.1 The Grand Canyon Segment -- 10.5.2.2 The Lower River -- 10.5.2.3 The Delta -- 10.6 Hydrology: Past and Future -- 10.6.1 Early Efforts to Estimate the Annual Flow of the Colorado River -- 10.6.2 Tree‐ring Estimates of Hydrology -- 10.6.3 Paleoflood Hydrology -- 10.6.4 Colorado River Hydrology in the Future -- 10.7 Pre‐dam and Post‐dam Sediment Yield and Sediment Transport -- 10.8 Channel Adjustment and Ecological Change During the Twentieth Century -- 10.8.1 The Delta and Its Transformation -- 10.8.2 The Imperial Valley and Salton Sea -- 10.8.3 The Lower River -- 10.8.4 The River System Within the Colorado Plateau -- 10.8.4.1 Channel Adjustment in Segments Where Transport Capacity Exceeds Supply -- 10.8.4.2 Channel Adjustment in Segments Where Capacity is Less Than Supply -- 10.9 Modern Fish Community -- 10.10 Environmental Management of the Modern River -- 10.10.1 The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program -- 10.10.1.1 The 1996 Controlled Flood -- 10.10.2 Opportunities for Recovery of the Delta Ecosystem -- 10.11 The Future -- 10.12 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 The Lena: A Large River in a Deep Permafrost Zone -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Description of the Lena Drainage Basin -- 11.3 A Periglacial Environment -- 11.4 Floodplain, Delta, and Periglacial Land Forms -- 11.4.1 Fluvial Dynamics and Landforms -- 11.4.1.1 Hydrologic Functioning of a Periglacial River.
11.4.2 Fluvial Forms of the Middle and Lower Lena River -- 11.4.3 Thermal Erosion and Its Impact on the Fluvial Forms -- 11.5 Impact of Climatic Change on the Hydrosystem -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 The Danube: Morphology, Evolution, and Environmental Issues -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Water and Sediment -- 12.3 Headwaters of the Danube -- 12.4 Hydromorphology of the Danube Sections -- 12.4.1 The Upper Danube in Germany and Austria -- 12.4.2 The Middle Danube (Slovakia, Hungary, and Serbia) -- 12.4.3 The Lower Danube (Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine) -- 12.5 The Danube Delta -- 12.5.1 Delta Habitats and Environmental Problems -- 12.6 The Evolution of the Valley of the Danube -- 12.6.1 The Upper Section -- 12.6.2 The Middle Section -- 12.6.3 The Lower Section -- 12.6.4 The Delta -- 12.7 Human Impacts -- 12.7.1 A Brief History of Channelization -- 12.7.2 The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal -- 12.7.3 An Example of Damming the Danube: the Gabčíkovo Barrage in Slovakia -- 12.7.4 The Rise in Water Temperature -- 12.7.5 Pollution -- 12.7.6 How Much is the Danube Worth? -- References -- Chapter 13 The Yukon and the Mackenzie: Large Arctic Rivers of North America -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Large Arctic Rivers of North America -- 13.2.1 Geography -- 13.2.2 Unique Characteristics of Arctic and Subarctic Rivers Relative to Large Rivers in Other Climates -- 13.3 The Yukon and the Mackenzie: A Study in Contrasts -- 13.3.1 Physical Characteristics -- 13.3.1.1 The Mackenzie -- 13.3.1.2 The Yukon -- 13.3.2 Similarities and Differences Between the Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers -- 13.4 The Future of Large Arctic Rivers in North America -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 The River Nile: Evolution and Environment -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Nile Basin River Environments -- 14.3 Early Origins and the Neogene Nile.
14.3.1 The Late Miocene Nile Canyon in Egypt.
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Large rivers [[electronic resource] ] : geomorphology and management / / edited by Avijit Gupta
Large rivers [[electronic resource] ] : geomorphology and management / / edited by Avijit Gupta
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (730 p.)
Disciplina 551.48/3
551.483
Altri autori (Persone) GuptaAvijit
Soggetto topico Environmental management
Geomorphology
Rivers
ISBN 1-281-30979-6
9786611309794
0-470-72372-6
0-470-72371-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1: Introduction; 1.1 A BOOK ON LARGE RIVERS; 1.2 WHAT IS A LARGE RIVER?; 1.3 THE BOOK AND ITS CONTENT; REFERENCES; PART I: BACKGROUND; 2: Geology of Large River Systems; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 TECTONIC SETTINGS OF LARGE RIVER SYSTEMS; 2.2.1 Rivers in Continental Collision Belts; 2.2.2 Rivers in Rift Settings; 2.2.3 Rivers in Cratonic Settings; 2.3 COMPLEXITY OF DRAINAGE TYPES; 2.4 LARGE RIVERS - CLIMATIC SETTINGS AND CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; 2.5 MODERN LARGE RIVERS - HYDROLOGY AND SEDIMENT DISPERSAL
2.6 VARIABILITY IN THE ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE OF LARGE RIVER SYSTEMS2.6.1 Longitudinal Trunk Systems; 2.6.2 Radial Fans; 2.6.3 Fan-Interfan Setting; 2.6.4 Interfluves; 2.7 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE RIVER SYSTEMS; 2.8 DURATION OF LARGE RIVER SYSTEMS AND THE ROCK RECORD; 2.9 SEA LEVEL, TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC CONTROLS ON THE LARGE RIVER SYSTEMS; 2.10 CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 3: Hydrology and Discharge; 3.1 HYDROLOGY OF LARGE RIVER BASINS; 3.2 LARGE RIVERS OF THE EQUATORIAL REGIONS; 3.2.1 Amazon River; 3.2.2 Congo River; 3.2.3 Zambezi River
3.3 LARGE RIVERS OF THE DRYLANDS3.3.1 Nile River; 3.3.2 Indus River; 3.3.3 Colorado River; 3.3.4 Murray-Darling River; 3.4 RIVERS OF THE MID-LATITUDES; 3.4.1 Mississippi River; 3.4.2 Danube River; 3.5 RIVERS DRAINING SOUTH FROM THE HIMALAYA; 3.5.1 Ganga River; 3.5.2 Brahmaputra River; 3.6 RIVERS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; 3.6.1 Huanghe; 3.6.2 Changjiang; 3.6.3 Mekong River; 3.7 HIGH-LATITUDE RIVERS; 3.7.1 Ob, Yenisey and Lena Rivers; 3.7.2 Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; 3.8 SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
4: Transcontinental Moving and Storage: the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers Transfer the Andes to the Atlantic*4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 ANDEAN SOURCES AND ALLUVIAL STORAGE; 4.3 ORINOCO; 4.4 AMAZON; 4.4.1 Setting; 4.4.2 Storage and Remobilization of Floodplain Sediment; 4.4.3 Sediment Storage in the Lowermost Amazon Valley; 4.5 THE AMAZON GOES TO SEA; 4.6 CODA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 5: Greatest Floods and Largest Rivers; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; 5.3 TERRESTRIAL GLACIAL MEGAFLOODS; 5.3.1 Cordilleran Ice Sheet; 5.3.2 Laurentide Ice Sheet; 5.3.3 Eurasia Ice Sheets
5.3.4 Central Asian Mountains5.4 EXTRATERRESTRIAL MEGAFLOODS AND MEGARIVERS; 5.5 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 6: Classification, Architecture, and Evolution of Large-river Deltas; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 DEFINITION OF A DELTA AND DELTA COMPONENTS; 6.3 CLASSIFICATION OF DELTAS; 6.4 MORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENT; 6.4.1 Morphology; 6.4.2 Sediments and Sediment Facies; 6.4.3 Sediment Accumulation Rates; 6.5 DELTA EVOLUTION; 6.5.1 Response to Holocene Sea-Level Change; 6.5.2 Changes in the Course of a River Channel and of its Distributaries; 6.5.3 Coastal Environment Change Related to Delta Progradation
6.6 PROBLEMS OF SEDIMENT SUPPLY
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Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2007
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Le nuove formule sul moto dell'acqua nei canali e negli alvei sistemati dei fiumi : tabelle delle velocità medie e delleportate per secondo in canali e fiumi aventi perimetri con grado differente di asperità, con pendenze e tipi di sezione pure differente / W.R. Kutter ; versione da tedesco permessa dall'autore di Benedetto Dal Bosco
Le nuove formule sul moto dell'acqua nei canali e negli alvei sistemati dei fiumi : tabelle delle velocità medie e delleportate per secondo in canali e fiumi aventi perimetri con grado differente di asperità, con pendenze e tipi di sezione pure differente / W.R. Kutter ; versione da tedesco permessa dall'autore di Benedetto Dal Bosco
Autore KUTTER, W.R.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Milano : Galli e Omodei, [1873]
Descrizione fisica XX, 271 p., 7 tav. : ill. ; 26 cm
Disciplina 551.483
Soggetto non controllato Corsi d'acqua - Portata
Corsi d'acqua - Corrente - Velocità
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ita
Record Nr. UNINA-990000089200403321
KUTTER, W.R.  
Milano : Galli e Omodei, [1873]
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Le piene fluviali / Ugo Maione
Le piene fluviali / Ugo Maione
Autore Maione, Ugo
Edizione [2. ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Pavia, : La Goliardica Pavese, 1995
Descrizione fisica 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 551.483
551.489
Soggetto non controllato Idrologia
Piene fluviali
ISBN 88-7830-219-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ita
Record Nr. UNINA-990000132980403321
Maione, Ugo  
Pavia, : La Goliardica Pavese, 1995
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The Litani River, Lebanon: An Assessment and Current Challenges [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Amin Shaban, Mouin Hamzé
The Litani River, Lebanon: An Assessment and Current Challenges [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Amin Shaban, Mouin Hamzé
Edizione [1st ed. 2018.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (188 pages)
Disciplina 551.483
Collana Water Science and Technology Library
Soggetto topico Water pollution
Hydrology
Water quality
Climate change
Environmental management
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
Hydrology/Water Resources
Water Quality/Water Pollution
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management
ISBN 3-319-76300-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II: Historical View and Future Vision -- Chapter III: Physical Characteristics and Water Resources of Litani River Basin -- Chapter IV: Bacteriological and Physicochemical Characteristics of Litani River Water -- Chapter V: Physicochemical Characteristics of Algal Blooms in Qaraaoun Lake -- Chapter VI: Groundwater Quality at the Upper Litani River Basin -- Chapter VII: Irrigation Approaches Applied in the Litani River Basin -- Chapter VIII: Sustainability of Water Resources in the View of Striking Challenges -- Chapter IX: The National Plan for Litani River Remediation -- Chapter X: The Role of Litani River in the Development of Lebanon -- Chapter XI: Conclusion and Discussion.
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
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Livellazioni di precisione per il rilievo altimetrico dei corsi d'acqua eseguite dall'Istituto geografico militare per conto del Servizio idrografico / Ministero dei lavori pubblici. Consiglio superiore. Servizio idrografico
Livellazioni di precisione per il rilievo altimetrico dei corsi d'acqua eseguite dall'Istituto geografico militare per conto del Servizio idrografico / Ministero dei lavori pubblici. Consiglio superiore. Servizio idrografico
Autore Servizio idrografico
Pubbl/distr/stampa Roma : Provveditorato generale dello Stato. Libreria, 1922-1937
Descrizione fisica v. ; 29 cm
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Collana Pubblicazione del Servizio idrografico
Soggetto non controllato Italia - Idrografia
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ita
Nota di contenuto 1.: Fiume Po: dalle foci a Cremona 1.: Bacino dell'Arno 2.: Fiume Po : da Cremona a Villafranca Piemontese 2.: Serchio, Cecina, Ombrone, Magra, Polcevera 3.: Bacino del Volturno 4.: Bacino del Liri-Garigliano 5.: Oglio, Sarca - Mincio 5.: Bacino del Tevere : dalle origini alla confluenza col Nera (escluso) 6.: Stura di Demonte, Dora Riparia, Dora Baltea 6.: Bacino del Tevere : dalla confluenza col Nera (incluso) fino alla foce, con una carta corografica 7.: Bacini del Sele e del Sarno 7.: Adda, Ticino : con una carta corografica 8.: Bacini del Bradano, Basento, Agri e Sinni 9.: Bacini del Candelaro, Cervaro, Carapelli, Ofanto e Tavoliere delle Puglie 10.: Bacini del Trigno, Sangro, Biferno e Fortore 11.: Bacini del Pescara, Saline, Vomano e Tordino 12.: Paludi Pontine 13.: Bacini con foce al litorale di Romagna: (Reno, Lamone, Fiumi uniti, Savio e Marecchia) 14.: Bacini del Flumendosa - Sa Picocca - Fluminimannu - Cixerri - Rio Palmas e Flumentepido 15.: Penisola salentina 16.: Bacini con foce al litorale delle Marche (Foglia, Metauro, Esino, Potenza, Chienti, Tenna, Aso e Tronto)
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Servizio idrografico  
Roma : Provveditorato generale dello Stato. Libreria, 1922-1937
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Magnitude and frequency of floods for urban and small rural streams in Georgia, 2008 / / Anthony J. Gotvald and Andrew E. Knaak ; prepared in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation, Precontruction Division, Office of Bridge Design
Magnitude and frequency of floods for urban and small rural streams in Georgia, 2008 / / Anthony J. Gotvald and Andrew E. Knaak ; prepared in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation, Precontruction Division, Office of Bridge Design
Autore Gotvald Anthony J.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (v, 39 pages) : color illustrations, color maps + + spreadsheet
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Collana Scientific investigations report
Soggetto topico Flood forecasting - Georgia - Mathematical models
Floods - Georgia - Mathematical models
Flood forecasting - Mathematical models
Floods - Mathematical models
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910716911203321
Gotvald Anthony J.  
Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2011
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Manuale per la difesa dei fiumi / Pier Francesco Ghetti
Manuale per la difesa dei fiumi / Pier Francesco Ghetti
Autore Ghetti, Pier Francesco <1943- >
Pubbl/distr/stampa Torino : Edizioni della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, 1993
Descrizione fisica XVIII, 293 p., 12 c. di tav. : ill. ; 21 cm
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363.7394
Collana Studi e ricerche
Soggetto non controllato Italia - Fiumi e acque
Italia - Ambiente - Fiumi - Acque
Italia - Ambiente naturale
Fiumi e acque - Inquinamento
ISBN 88-7860-068-7
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
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Ghetti, Pier Francesco <1943- >  
Torino : Edizioni della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, 1993
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Misure di velocità nel Tevere / Ildebrando Nazzani
Misure di velocità nel Tevere / Ildebrando Nazzani
Autore Nazzani, Ildebrando
Pubbl/distr/stampa Roma : Tip. e lit. del genio civile, 1882
Descrizione fisica 117 p. 4 tav. f.t. ; 26 cm
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Soggetto non controllato Tevere (Fiume) - Correnti - Velocità
Misura
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
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Record Nr. UNINA-990000089510403321
Nazzani, Ildebrando  
Roma : Tip. e lit. del genio civile, 1882
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