Rivers and Floodplains is concerned with the origin, geometry, water flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition associated with modern alluvial rivers and

A flooding river is very hard to stop. Many residents of the United States have discovered this the hard way. Right now, over five million Americans hold flood

Introduction to temperate floodplains -- Hydrology -- Floodplain and geomorphology -- Biogeochemistry -- Ecology: introduction -- Floodplain forests -- Primary

Rivers are important agents of change that shape the Earth's surface and evolve through time in response to fluctuations in climate and other environmental cond

The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains.