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    This document provides an overview of the course "River Morphology and Ecology (EH 602)". The course introduces geomorphic concepts related to rivers and river basins, including thresholds, sensitivity, connectivity, hierarchy and complexity. It examines sediment sources and transport processes within river basins and channels. Drainage network formation and evolution are also explored. River processes and morphology are analyzed, including characteristics of different channel patterns. The course further considers glacio-fluvial interaction, bedrock channel processes, and approaches to stream management, including concepts of river health and environmental flow estimation.

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    This document provides an overview of the course "River Morphology and Ecology (EH 602)". The course introduces geomorphic concepts related to rivers and river basins, including thresholds, sensitivity, connectivity, hierarchy and complexity. It examines sediment sources and transport processes within river basins and channels. Drainage network formation and evolution are also explored. River processes and morphology are analyzed, including characteristics of different channel patterns. The course further considers glacio-fluvial interaction, bedrock channel processes, and approaches to stream management, including concepts of river health and environmental flow estimation.

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    River Morphology and Ecology (EH 602)

    Introduction to River Science, Introduction to geomorphic concepts: threshold, sensitivity,


    connectivity, hierarchy and complexity. River basin approach: Sediment source and catchment
    erosion processes, Transition between hillslope and fluvial processes, Longitudinal river profiles,
    Sediment load and sediment yield, Sediment and nutrient transport process in rivers, Erosion and
    sedimentation processes in channel, Geochemical proxies to study sediment dynamics in a river
    basin. Drainage Network: Quantitative analysis, Role of drainage network in flux transfer, 3-
    dimensional connectivity in a river basin, Hydrological response of a river basin, Processes in
    confluence zones, Evolution of drainage network. River processes and morphology: River fluxes,
    energy distribution and patterns of alluvial rivers - braided, meandering and anabranching channels;
    Hydrological, sedimentological and ecological characteristics and their interrelationship in different
    channel patterns; Dynamics of alluvial rivers; Different classification approaches in fluvial
    geomorphology and its applications. Glacio-fluvial interaction: Sources of water in river system,
    Hydrological budgeting in the glaciated mountainous region, Spatial variability of glacial melt
    component in the Himalaya. Bedrock channels: Stream Power law and Bedrock incision process;
    River response to climate, tectonics and human disturbance; Quantitative analysis of bedrock
    channel processes and evolution of fluvial landscapes. Stream Management: Fluvial hazards and
    their causes, Humans and rivers, Ecosystem based approach to stream management, Concept of
    river health, Environmental Flow (e-flow) – definition, data requirement, different approaches for e-
    flow estimation.

    References:

    1. Bryirely and Fryirs, 2005. Geomorphology and river management. Blackwell Pub.,
    2. Julien, P.Y., 2002. River Mechanics. Cambridge University Press.
    3. Robert, A., 2003. River Processes: An introduction to fluvial dynamics. Arnold Publications.
    4. Garde, R.J., 2006. River Morphology, New Age Publisheres.
    5. Thorp, J.H, Thoms, M.C., Delong, M.D., 2008. The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis, Academic Press.
    6. Vanoni, V.A., 2006. Sedimentation Engineering. ASCE Manual, Published by American Society of
    Civil Engineering.

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