Part II - Upstream controls
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
Upstream controls affect the type of river that exists downstream (Figure 1.2). They are the quantity and type of discharge and sediment load that is delivered downstream which, of course, reflects history and determines the morphology and dynamics of the downstream river.
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- River Variability and Complexity , pp. 37 - 38Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005