River avulsions and their deposits

R Slingerland, ND Smith - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Avulsion is the natural process by which flow diverts out of an established river
channel into a new permanent course on the adjacent floodplain. Avulsions are primarily …

Anastomosing rivers: a review of their classification, origin and sedimentary products

B Makaske - Earth-Science Reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
Anastomosing rivers constitute an important category of multi-channel rivers on alluvial
plains. Most often they seem to form under relatively low-energetic conditions near a (local) …

Process, form and change in dryland rivers: a review of recent research

S Tooth - Earth-Science Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
Many of the world's extensive warm dryland regions support numerous, albeit often
infrequently flowing, rivers. Dryland rivers are increasingly a focus of scientific and applied …

Splitting rivers at their seams: bifurcations and avulsion

MG Kleinhans, RI Ferguson, SN Lane… - … surface processes and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
River bifurcations are critical but poorly understood elements of many geomorphological
systems. They are integral elements of alluvial fans, braided rivers, fluvial lowland plains …

Wetlands in drylands: geomorphological and sedimentological characteristics, with emphasis on examples from southern Africa

S Tooth, TS McCarthy - Progress in Physical Geography, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Wetlands are poorly documented features of many landscapes, and there is often little
understanding of the geomorphological controls on their origin, development and …

The okavango delta

TS McCarthy, WN Ellery - Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
SUMMARY The Okavango Delta is a large, low gradient (ca. 1: 3400), alluvial fan situated in
a graben structure which is an extension of the East African Rift system. The catchment is …

A nonlinear model of flow in meandering submarine and subaerial channels

J Imran, G Parker, C Pirmez - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1999 - cambridge.org
A generalized model of flow in meandering subaqueous and subaerial channels is
developed. The conservation equations of mass and momentum are depth/layer integrated …

The topography of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its tectonic and sedimentological implications

T Gumbricht, TS McCarthy… - South African Journal …, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A topographic map of the Okavango Delta and environs has been constructed using a
combination of elevation data including trigonometric beacons and spot heights from the …

[PDF][PDF] Regional review: the hydrology of the Okavango Delta, Botswana-processes, data and modelling

C Milzow, L Kgotlhang… - Hydrogeology …, 2009 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The wetlands of the Okavango Delta accommodate a multitude of ecosystems with a large
diversity in fauna and flora. They not only provide the traditional livelihood of the local …

Fluvial dynamics of an anabranching river system in Himalayan foreland basin, Baghmati river, north Bihar plains, India

V Jain, R Sinha - Geomorphology, 2004 - Elsevier
Anabranching river systems are now regarded as a separate class in river classifications
owing to their distinctive morphological/hydrological characteristics and fluvial processes. A …