Braided rivers
Morphodynamics and driftwood dispersal in braided rivers
... These issues are of particular importance for the present study because driftwood dynamics are governed by complex interactions between flow conditions, log properties and channel morphodynamics. At laboratory scale, the ...
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Morphological Bedload Transport in Gravel-Bed Braided Rivers
... in braided rivers is strongly controlled by local ...gravel-bed braided river coarse sediment moving from a chute would be deposited onto the downstream bar because of its high forward momentum ...
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A review of methods for measuring groundwater–surface water exchange in braided rivers
... Braided rivers are unique and dynamic river environments that perform important ecological, cultural, recreational and freshwater resource ...these rivers and their associated ...to braided ...
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Clearing islands as refugia for black-fronted tern (Chlidonias albostriatus) breeding colonies in braided rivers
... Abstract: Black-fronted terns/tarapirohe (Chlidonias albostriatus) are highly adapted to nesting on clear shingle areas of the braided rivers in the South Island, New Zealand. They are nationally and ...
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Sediment transport and morphology of braided rivers: steady and unsteady regime
... natural braided rivers; indeed they often show not only fast variations of the flow but also a very wide range of morphologically active discharges, much wider than the ...
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Effect of willow removal on habitat use by five birds of braided rivers, Mackenzie Basin, New Zealand
... Summary: We evaluated willow removal as a technique for enhancing habitat for birds of braided rivers by monitoring five bird species at three sites in the Mackenzie Basin, New Zealand, from 1991 to 1994. ...
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Network response to disturbances in large sand-bed braided rivers
... large braided rivers poses a challenge to scientists and ...large braided rivers under ...the rivers due to severe bank erosion ...these rivers are, in gen- eral, susceptible to ...
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Braided rivers: an exploratory study combining flume experiments and the analysis of remotely-sensed data
... island braided rivers is needed, as is analysis of the same rivers at different vegetation colonisation and growth stages following disturbing floods ...
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Investigations of Characteristic Assoociation of Lithofacies, Numerical Hierarchy of Bounding Surfaces, Geometry of Sedimentary Bodies, Architectural Elements, And Typical Sequences of Lower Triassic Braided Rivers of Clastites Kladnica Formation (SW Serbia)
... The braided rivers deposits of Clastites Cladnica Formation are overlied discordantly the Lower and Middle Carboniferous semimetamorphic and metamorphic rocks and below the Triassic preplatform and platform ...
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The diet of the Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) and the Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus) on two braided rivers in Canterbury, New Zealand
... Pierce (1979) concluded that although opportunistic, mayfly larvae appeared to be the staple diet of Wrybill on the Rakaia River. Although mafly larvae was the dominant single food[r] ...
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Effects of flow regime on the distribution, richness and abundance of alien plants in braided rivers of New Zealand
... The central biological question addressed in this study was: are three alien woody legumes behaving similarly in the gravel floodplains of New Zealand? The answer was mixed. At a regional scale, two of the species, U. ...
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Braided river springs: distribution, benthic ecology, and role in the landscape
... Braided rivers occur globally, in arctic and alpine regions with a distinct flood season, in arid and Mediterranean climates subject to torrential rain, and in some tropical regions subject to monsoonal ...
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Investigating rare species tourism in the braided river systems of the Upper Waitaki Basin: The case of the kakī
... Although there are many native species of possible interest within the braided rivers of the Upper Waitaki Basin, this research focuses on the endangered kakī as a potentia l flagship[r] ...
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Pollution risk of groundwater in rivers state: a function of lithology and pollutant load of the area
... Rivers State is part of the Niger Delta complex which generally indicates beds of fine to coarse sand typical of fluvial channel deposits. The geology of the area is composed of mainly two distinct formations: the ...
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Planning Napier 1850 1968 : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Planning at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
... 385 Hawke's Bay Earthquake Act 1931 Hawke's Bay Rivers Act 1876 Hawke's Bay Rivers Act 1910 Hawke's Bay Rivers Act 1919 Local Authorities Members’ Interests Act 1968 Local Elections and [r] ...
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Experimental Testing of Aluminum Foam Filled Stainless Steel Braided Tubes Subjected to Transverse Impact
... Several finite element based research studies have been completed examining composite structures. Previously, Gu and Li [29] developed a simplified structural model to analyze the penetration of three dimensional ...
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Oral Contraceptive Pills: Socio-demographic Characteristics of Acceptors at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
... At the family planning clinic of RSUTH, the OCP available during the study period were the monophasic COCP and the POP. The COCP were microgynon and Lo-femina and minipills were exluton and microlut. The prevalence and ...
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An Efficient Method for Geometric Modeling of 3D Braided Composites
... 3D braided preform with arbitrary braiding parameters can be automatically generated based on the simplified motion model without affecting the simulation ...
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Braided Lie bialgebras associated to Kac Moody algebras
... corresponding braided-Lie bialgebra (Theorem ...this braided-Lie bialgebra that we can reconstruct the whole Kac–Moody algebra by a double-bosonisation (Proposition ...
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Perceptions of community benefits from two Wild and Scenic Rivers
... Chattooga Rivers illustrate that local communities undoubtedly have a complex relationship with wildland recreation areas and their ...Chattooga Rivers, individuals’ socio-demo- graphic characteristics and ...
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