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==Definition==
  
 
The reach is the scale at which most people view and interact with the river, and the scale at which most restoration projects are focused.  Hydromorphologically speaking, it is a section of river along which boundary conditions are sufficiently uniform that the river maintains a near consistent set of process-form interactions. In other words, the controlling factors that we identified in the earlier delineation steps produce characteristic patterns and landforms in the channel and floodplain, like river meanders and gravel bars. Delineation is based primarily on channel planform and confinement, and results in a simple classification of river types.
 
The reach is the scale at which most people view and interact with the river, and the scale at which most restoration projects are focused.  Hydromorphologically speaking, it is a section of river along which boundary conditions are sufficiently uniform that the river maintains a near consistent set of process-form interactions. In other words, the controlling factors that we identified in the earlier delineation steps produce characteristic patterns and landforms in the channel and floodplain, like river meanders and gravel bars. Delineation is based primarily on channel planform and confinement, and results in a simple classification of river types.
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==Case studies where this River Characterisation is relevant==
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==Delineation criteria==
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==Methods and data sources==
  
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==Tools where this River Characterisation is relevant==
 
  
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==Other relevant information==
 
==Other relevant information==
  
 
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Revision as of 12:27, 20 May 2014

Reach

Definition

The reach is the scale at which most people view and interact with the river, and the scale at which most restoration projects are focused. Hydromorphologically speaking, it is a section of river along which boundary conditions are sufficiently uniform that the river maintains a near consistent set of process-form interactions. In other words, the controlling factors that we identified in the earlier delineation steps produce characteristic patterns and landforms in the channel and floodplain, like river meanders and gravel bars. Delineation is based primarily on channel planform and confinement, and results in a simple classification of river types.

Delineation criteria

Methods and data sources

Other relevant information