Rivers in the Landscape

Abstract

a abrasion 135–139, 156, 158, 178, 183, 205, 206, 209, 246, 254, 255, 265, 326 see also macroabrasion alluvial channels coarse bed 63, 337 see also boulder-bed; cobble-bed; gravel-bed; threshold channel fine bed 62, 63, 337 alternate bar see bars, alternate alternative stable states 215 Amazon River 9, 148, 149, 281, 285, 288, 289, 320, 322, 340 anabranching 12, 219, 232, 239–241, 244–245, 249, 250, 254, 267, 268, 275, 286 anastomosing see anabranching Anthropocene 313–314 antidunes see bedforms aquifer 36, 37, 43, 110, 112, 246, 278, 279, 334 see also ground water armor 152 see also censored layer; pavement arroyo 20, 101, 334 see also incised channels avulsion see braided channels; delta; floodplain