Effective rehabilitation of large rivers requires a concept of normal floodplain river behavior – the reference condition – to understand systemlevel disturbance history and to develop plans to improve river health. However, ...

The interpretation of large river deposits from the rock record is hampered by the scarcity of direct observations of active large river systems. That is particularly true for deep-channel environments, where tens of meters ...

Three large rivers have their headwaters in the Patagonian Ice Fields (PIFs) in the Andes Mountains, thelargest mid-latitude ice masses on Earth: Santa Cruz, Baker and Pascua. They are the last large free flowingrivers in ...

Anastomosed rivers include a diverse group of fluvial forms with multiple and interconnected alluvial channels. They occur in a wide range of climates and reliefs and constitute the typical pattern of the mega rivers (Qm ...

Large floodplain rivers are unique ecosystems where meteorology, hydrologiy and biochemistry integrate conditions that support many valuable species.Unfortunately most of world´s large rivers are heavily impacted through ...

This paper investigates post-dam geomorphic and vegetation changes in the Sauce Grande River, a meandering dryland river impounded by a large water-conservation dam. As the dam impounds a river section with scarce influence ...