Stream Reconnaissance Handbook

Download or read book Stream Reconnaissance Handbook written by Colin R. Thorne and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1998-07-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stream reconnaissance is a fundamental component of this new approach to river engineering, management and restoration because it provides the basis for a broad understanding of the relationships between channel form and flow and sedimentary regimes of the river, with the potential to establish this understanding within the context of the catchment and fluvial system. Widespread implementation of approaches based on minimising natural forms and prompting morphological recovery demand that large numbers of stream reconnaissance surveys be performed quickly and with limited resources, and there simply are not enough senior geomorphologists to go round. Hence this handbook is designed to assist less experienced individuals to perform this task accurately and reliably.