Reduced braiding of rivers in human-modified landscapes: Converging trajectories and diversity of causes

G Stecca, G Zolezzi, DM Hicks, N Surian - Earth-science reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
We analyse recent morphological evolution of braiding rivers of disparate regions of the
Earth to develop and address the hypothesis that braiding of rivers tends to be reduced by …

Channel bar development, braiding and bankline migration of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river, Bangladesh through RS and GIS techniques

MB Rashid, MA Habib - International Journal of River Basin …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Erosion of banks and channel migrations are usually common phenomenon and recurring
geo-hazardous problem in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river system of Bangladesh. The …

Assessment of a numerical model to reproduce event‐scale erosion and deposition distributions in a braided river

RD Williams, R Measures, DM Hicks… - Water resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Numerical morphological modeling of braided rivers, using a physics‐based approach, is
increasingly used as a technique to explore controls on river pattern and, from an applied …

Controls on the morphology of braided rivers and braid bars: An empirical characterization of numerical models

W Li, L Colombera, D Yue, NP Mountney - Sedimentology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Braided rivers exhibit highly variable morphologies, morphodynamic behaviours and
resulting depositional records. To evaluate relationships between characteristics of braided …

A new large-scale suspended sediment model and its application over the United States

HY Li, Z Tan, H Ma, Z Zhu, G Abeshu… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Suspended sediment plays a vital role in the regional and global cycling of carbon and
nutrients by carrying carbon and nutrients from headwaters into lowland rivers and the …

Development of a numerical model for braided river morphology and vegetation evolution with application to the Lower Waitaki River (Aotearoa–New Zealand)

G Stecca, D Fedrizzi, R Measures, DM Hicks… - Advances in Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper we develop a two-dimensional modelling framework suitable to study the
morphological evolution of vegetated braided rivers. The mathematical model features a …

[HTML][HTML] 3D numerical modelling of braided channel formation

NRB Olsen - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
A numerical model was used to compute the formation of a braided channel system. The
model calculated the water flow field from the fully 3D Navier-Stokes equations on a non …

Response of braiding channel morphodynamics to peak discharge changes in the Upper Yellow River

F Schuurman, W Ta, S Post… - Earth Surface …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The braiding intensity and dynamics in large braiding rivers are well known to depend on
peak discharges, but the response in braiding and channel–floodplain transformations to …

Planform changes and alterations of longitudinal connectivity caused by the 2019 flood event on the braided Brahmaputra River in Assam, India

J Rajbanshi, S Das, PP Patel - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
The longitudinal connectivity of rivers facilitates the downstream transfer of discharge and
sediment. Any alterations to this component can potentially impair/block sediment …

Characterizing braided rivers in two nested watersheds in the Source Region of the Yangtze River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Z Li, H Lu, P Gao, Y You, X Hu - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Large and complex braided channels (> 1 km wide) in the Source Region of the Yangtze
River (SRYR) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, are characterized by a unique alpine …