Reach
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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.
The River Frome is delineated into 15 reaches based on valley confinement, river planform and the presence of major weirs.
The River Frome has sinuous, meandering and anabranching reaches.
