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Kardos, Máté Krisztián, and Adrienne Clement. "Predicting small water courses’ physico-chemical status from watershed characteristics with two multivariate statistical methods." Open Geosciences 12, no. 1 (March 18, 2020): 71–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0006.

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AbstractWatershed area and a bunch of relief, land use, and wastewater characteristics for 32 upland and 33 lowland small river courses are generated. Based on these characteristics, logistic binary regression models are trained to predict if the river achieves the good physico-chemical status, and discriminant analysis models are trained to predict the physico-chemical status class on a five-class scale.Univariate models revealed that elevation (for upland rivers), the share of artificial surfaces (for lowland rivers) along with forests, and wastewater quality variables such as biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, and phosphorus are the most significant predictors. Discriminant analysis models performed better on upland than on lowland rivers. Achievement of good status could be predicted with an accuracy of ~90% (with 2 to 4 variable logit models), whereas the status class with an accuracy of 63/48% (with 2 to 4 variable discriminant analysis models) for upland and lowland rivers, respectively. This contribution uses Hungary as a case study.
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Marks, S. D., and G. P. Rutt. "Fluvial sediment inputs to upland gravel bed rivers draining forested catchments: potential ecological impacts." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 1, no. 3 (September 30, 1997): 499–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-1-499-1997.

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Abstract. As identified by the detailed long-term monitoring networks at Plynlimon, increased sediment supply to upland fluvial systems is often associated with forestry land-use and practice. Literature is reviewed, in the light of recent results from Plynlimon sediment studies, to enable identification of the potential ecological impacts of fluvial particulate inputs to upland gravel bed rivers draining forested catchments similar to the headwaters of the River Severn. Both sediment transport and deposition can have significant impacts upon aquatic vertebrates, invertebrates and plants.
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Framenau, Volker W., Randolf Manderbach, and Martin Baehr. "Riparian gravel banks of upland and lowland rivers in Victoria (south-east Australia): arthropod community structure and life-history patterns along a longitudinal gradient." Australian Journal of Zoology 50, no. 1 (2002): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo01039.

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Riparian sand and gravel banks are inhabited by a fauna that is well adapted to varying river water levels and frequent inundation of the banks. Arthropods found in these habitats were studied from November 1998 to January 1999 in the upper and lower floodplains of the main rivers and tributaries in ten major catchments in the Victorian Alps. Wolf spiders (Lycosidae, 68%) and ground beetles (Carabidae, 7.8%) were the most abundant arthropods, with densities averaging 14.6 ± 1.8 (s.e.) and 2.3 ± 0.4 individuals m–2 respectively. Species composition and wolf spider densities changed substantially between upland and lowland rivers. These differences correspond with changes in altitude, shading, and gravel and gravel bank size. Comparison of our results with similar studies conducted in temperate Northern Hemisphere floodplains showed significant differences. Carabidae, not Lycosidae, are the dominant arthropod group in Northern Hemisphere floodplains. Wolf spider densities are higher in upper than lower reaches of rivers in the Victorian Alps, but do not change along rivers in the Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, carabid beetles showed similar densities between upland and lowland floodplains in Victoria, but increase in density along rivers in the Northern Hemisphere. A second, monthly sampling program on gravel banks along the Avon River (Gippsland) over a one-year period in 1996 and 1997 provided information on the life histories of eight common gravel-bank arthropods: Venatrix lapidosa, V. arenaris, two undescribed Artoria species (‘A’, ‘B’) (Lycosidae), Eudalia macleayi, Elaphropus ovensensis, Perileptus constricticeps and an unidentified Loxandrus species (‘B’) (Carabidae). Artoria sp. A and sp. B are diplochronous. Despite its smaller size, Artoria sp. B matured one month after Artoria sp. A. Lower temperatures at upland streams and rivers, the typical habitat for Artoria sp. B, may delay its development in comparison with Artoria sp. A, which is generally found further downstream. The life histories of both lycosid spiders and carabid beetles, characterised by prolonged reproductive period and short larval development, appear to have some adaptive value in regard to the disturbance-prone environment.
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Dao, Nga. "Damming Rivers in Vietnam: A Lesson Learned in the Tây Bắc Region." Journal of Vietnamese Studies 6, no. 2 (2011): 106–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/vs.2011.6.2.106.

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This paper draws on legal documents, policy analyses, secondary data collection, and primary empirical data on dam construction on the Đà [Black] River to highlight uneven power and development both between Vietnam's lowlands and uplands and within its upland areas. It examines how the Northwest's ecological, cultural and agrarian landscapes have been shaped by state development policies and, in turn, how outcomes have contributed—if at all—to reshaping state policy. The paper also explores real and calculated costs of hydropower to examine accounting practices and how project costs are distributed among stakeholders.
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Jaros, Henryk. "Physiographic factors affecting the stratigraphy of peat deposits in the Lower Basin of the Biebrza River / Czynniki fizjograficzne wpływające na stratygrafię złoża torfu w Dolnym Basenie Doliny Biebrzy." Journal of Water and Land Development 17, no. 1 (December 1, 2012): 69–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10025-012-0035-7.

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Abstract Analyses of water conditions in the Lower Basin of the Biebrza River and deposit stratigraphy were conducted in cross-sections through the valley, where geodetic measurements were also made. Peat type in particular layers of the soil profile was determined in selected cross-sections at 100 m intervals. The Lower Basin of the Biebrza River is diverse with regard to the type of water supply to a peatbog, the shape of the bio-accumulative basin’s bottom and the slope of peatbog surface along and across the valley. These factors resulted in the development of different habitats in the peatbog. Northern part of the Lower Basin, between the main road in the village Osowiec and the inflows of the Kosódka and Wissa rivers to the Biebrza River, is a narrow valley supplied mainly with overflowing water of the Biebrza River. Habitats and hydrogenic deposits of this area developed in relation to the type and layout of mineral substratum and to the duration and depth of seasonal flooding. North-west part is mainly supplied by ground water from the adjacent upland. Peat layers, developed on ground waters flowing out from the upland, markedly slope toward the bed of the Biebrza River. Considerable fluctuations of the ground water level can be observed there and most frequently the sites are periodically drying. Part of the valley, from the inflows of the Kosódka and Wissa rivers down to the Biebrza and Narew River confluence, is mainly supplied with underground waters from upland.
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Veliky, A. S., and G. S. Tkachuk. "VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ISOLATED REMNANT UPLAND BETWEEN THE SELGON AND HARPI RIVERS (MIDDLE AMUR LOWLAND)." Regional problems 24, no. 2-3 (2021): 108–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.31433/2618-9593-2021-24-2-3-108-111.

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The authors present vegetation characteristics of the Selgon and Harpi rivers isolated remnant upland. It was compiled a vegetation map of six plant associations with a predominance of forest-type vegetation. The authors revealed the factors determining the upland flora diversity.
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Sierka, Edyta, and Agnieszka Tomczak. "Macrophytes in the assessment of river ecological condition on the example of Pszczynka River (Silesian Upland)." Environmental & Socio-economic Studies 1, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/environ-2015-0015.

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Abstract The Water Framework Directive introduced an ecological approach to the assessment and classification of waters. The part of the assessmentare macrophyte - based methods used in the evaluation of the ecologicalcondition of rivers in respect of biodiversity. The Macrophyte Method for River Assessment has been used in Poland since 2007 and provides us with an information about ecological state of the rivers. Presented analyses were aimed to describe macrophyte development in the sandylowland type of river in the Silesian Upland. The assessment was made for lowland Pszczynka River (45.8 km total length, total catchment area 368.3 km2), which is a left-bank tributary of Vistula River. At the selected 10 research sections of the river (100 m each) the composition of macrophytes and abiotic conditions of the river were described. The paper presents the results of preliminary assessment of ecological condition of Pszczynka River on the background sources of substances discharged to the riveralongits course. Macrophyte Index for Rivers (MIR) was calculated based on the results of the research - river bed surface coverage by the particular plant species. The MIR limit values were used to determine the class of water quality in the examined river. Overall, the ecological status of Pszczynka River was rated as moderate and its water classified as Class III of water quality.
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Erskine, W. D., M. J. Saynor, L. Erskine, K. G. Evans, and D. R. Moliere. "A preliminary typology of Australian tropical rivers and implications for fish community ecology." Marine and Freshwater Research 56, no. 3 (2005): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf04078.

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Australian tropical rivers are dependent on highly seasonal rainfall and runoff between November and April. They also transport low sediment and solute loads, except where catchments have been disturbed by mining, grazing and cropping. Aquatic habitats or channel units are the physical template influencing fish communities. Pools provide dry-season refuges for fish and channels provide pathways for movement between refuges when streamflows are re-established. A preliminary geomorphological typology of Australian tropical river reaches (excludes estuaries) is proposed that defines nine distinct river types: (1) bedrock rivers (upland channels and gorges); (2) bedrock-confined rivers; (3) avulsive rivers; (4) meandering rivers (confined meandering, laterally migrating unconfined and laterally stable unconfined); (5) straight rivers; (6) floodouts; (7) island- and ridge-anabranching rivers; (8) co-existent mud-braided and anabranching rivers; and (9) extensive freshwater wetlands and billabongs. Many of these have not been recognised overseas and are unique. Channel units differ greatly between river types and contribute to distinctive fish communities in different river types. As expected, fish diversity decreases upstream because of less diverse habitat and natural barriers to fish movement at steps, falls and turbulent cascades and rapids. Fish kills occur in most years and are caused by several different factors that reduce dissolved oxygen.
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Kosheleva, Olga Yu. "Zoning of Catchments of Small Rivers in the South of the Volga Upland by the Water Protection Role of Forests." Lesnoy Zhurnal (Forestry Journal), no. 1 (February 9, 2021): 99–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2021-1-99-111.

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The article presents the results of the spatial distribution analysis of protective forest plantations within the catchment basins of in the south of the Volga Upland (within the Volgograd region). The data obtained are important for planning agroforestry and land reclamation. The interpretation of 133 reservoirs using satellite images and large-scale (Scale – 1:100 000) isolinear mapping of forest cover in the key areas allowed us to find that for the majority of catchments the low forest cover of the central part of the basin, caused by agricultural land use, is typical. The main environment protection function is performed by large forests of natural (growing in floodplains, uplands and steppe ravines) and artificial origin (forest shelterbelts), localized near the source (in watersheds) and the mouths of small rivers. Depending on the type of plantations and their presence or absence near the source or mouth of the river 6 types of forest cover of catchments in the south of the Volga Upland have been identified: I – river source and mouth have maxima (relative to the rest of the catchment basin) of natural forest cover; II – the source has a maximum of artificial forest cover, the mouth has a maximum of natural forest cover; III – there are no plantations at the source, there is a maximum of natural forest cover at the mouth; IV – there is a maximum of natural forest cover at the source, there are no plantations at the mouth; V – there is a maximum of artificial forest cover at the source, there are no plantations at the mouth; VI – there are no plantations at the source and mouth. It is found that the largest area within the south of the Volga upland is occupied by catchments of the III type (38.3 %), the relief of which is characterized by the predominance of gentle slopes, which have been exposed to the greatest extent to plowing and destruction of natural forest vegetation. Together with catchments of the IV–VI types, having no afforestation in the lower stream, about 59.2 % of plantations of the south of the Volga Upland are not protected from the processes of water erosion and deflation.
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Novak, Taras. "Correlation of the river valleys terraces of the Volhynian Upland based on morphological and lithological features." Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geography, no. 49 (December 30, 2015): 253–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vgg.2015.49.8639.

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River valleys of Volhynian Upland are characterized by a larger number of terraces and a greater depth of their downcutting compared with neighbouring Polissia and Male Polissia. We established that the major rivers of Volhynian Upland have floodplain and mostly three terraces. The valley of the Horyn River is different from others by presence of fourth terrace. According to received information, the age of forming of the highest terrace (revealed only in the Horyn Valley) can be considered as Early Pleistocene, the third terrace – Middle Pleistocene, and the two lowest terraces – Late Pleistocene. Relief of the Early and Middle Pleistocene terraces is characterized by high degree of dissection and presence of sufficiently thick loess cover. At higher Late Pleistocene terrace loess cover isn’t revealed everywhere and has a small thickness (typically up to 5 m). The lowest terrace in most valleys has local distribution and it is composed mainly of sandy material. The surface of this terrace is located on several hypsometric levels. Floodplain usually has two high-rise levels. It formed in the Holocene. Key words: river valley, terrace, floodplain, Volhynian Upland, Horyn River, Styr River, Zakhidnyi Buh River.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Upland rivers"

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Hughes, Nicholas. "Heavy mineral distribution in upland gravel-bed rivers." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1992. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27944.

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The characteristics of gravel-bed river deposits vary according to the complex relationships between hydrological and sedimentological regimes that occur over a range of spatial and temporal scales. This thesis concerns the composition and distribution of fine-grained sediment in British upland rivers; the size fractions which are perhaps the most susceptible, as regards both quantity and quality, to human activity and yet which can yield important information regarding upstream geological characteristics.
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Tosney, Jonah James. "Short duration reservoir-release impacts on impounded upland rivers." Thesis, Durham University, 2013. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6976/.

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The increasing number and scale of river impoundments throughout the 19th and 20th centuries means that the management of these impoundments is crucial to the future of global riverine biota. Impoundments such as reservoirs can affect rivers in a variety of ways, not least through the reduction in amplitude of the natural hydrograph, depriving rivers of ecologically important spate flows. Many reservoir operators conduct regular safety tests, known as scour releases, during which large quantities of impounded water are released directly into rivers. This project assesses the impact of these releases on the hydrology and physio-chemistry of the receiving water bodies as well as upon fish movements and benthic macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity downstream of the reservoirs. The potential of such releases to mimic natural spate flows for ecological gain is also examined. The work took place in the Yorkshire Water catchment area in northern England between 2007 and 2010. Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) telemetry was used to assess the responses of brown trout Salmo trutta to these short-duration releases. Tagged fish were able to maintain position during the releases and showed no evidence of wash-out or upstream migratory movements associated with the releases. Changes to macroinvertebrate abundance, diversity and community structure associated with the release were also examined. Some sites showed significant wash-out and community change following the releases while other sites were unchanged. Communities at impacted sites returned to pre-release structures within weeks of the releases. Analysis of habitat use and characteristics suggest the responses of fish and macroinvertebrates to these reservoir releases were linked to habitat heterogeneity and the use of flow refugia. The negative impacts associated with the scour releases were minimal, while mimicked spate releases may improve salmonid spawning habitat and could re-introduce valuable flow variability to impounded catchments.
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Richards, Kristina Jacqueline. "Redefining the concept of sustainable development : upland rural river corridor management in England and Wales." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327363.

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Otto, Mia. "Spatial and temporal changes in Fynbos riparian vegetation on selected upland rivers in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86603.

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Thesis (MScConEcol)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Restoration practices commonly make use of a reference condition in order to restore a site to a better ecological state than it is currently in. The selection process and relevance of the reference condition has not yet been tested in upland Western Cape rivers especially with relation to spatial and temporal scales. This thesis sought to evaluate whether space (longitudinal) and time (temporal) influence riparian plant community composition (laterally), how it influences the community composition and whether these differences impacts the selection of a reference condition used in restoration practices. In order to investigate the role longitudinal position, sites were selected across three longitudinal zones: mountain stream, transitional and upper foothills. Historic sites used in a previous study on riparian vegetation of upland rivers were resampled and datasets used for temporal comparisons between undisturbed sites, sites recovering after clearing of invasive alien plants and sites affected by fire. Riparian vegetation communities showed differences between longitudinal zones, basins and rivers. The species responsible for marginal zone identity (plants in close proximity to the active channel), determined using relative cover abundance varied, with Isolepis prolifera responsible for the group identity in the mountain stream and transitional sites but in the foothills Calopsis paniculata, Drosera capensis and Metrosideros angustifolia saplings were responsible for lateral zone identity. The lower dynamic (transitional between wet and drybank) had no similarities between different longitudinal zones across rivers. In the lower zone Pteridium aqualinum was mostly responsible for the identity. The upper bank had no single species responsible for group identity. The species described to be typical for the reference condition on these particular rivers by other studies were mostly present in the comparable lateral zone but it was however not always responsible for the identity of the specific lateral zone. By comparing selected environmental variables such as horizontal distance from active channel, elevation and substrate calibre with different longitudinal zones’ riparian vegetation species distribution, different combinations were produced. The mountain streams showed the strongest relationship with horizontal distance and elevation in combination to one another and the upper foothills horizontal distance from the active channel was linked most strongly to vegetation positioning. These results confirm the importance of space when attempting to assess, study or restore riparian communities. Temporally, sites had stronger similarity to data collected during the same sampling period than with historic data. Also, the overall relative species abundance did not show significant change to be present at a site scale. The changes in community composition were found to be due to a lateral zone scale variation in species abundance. As expected the undisturbed rivers showed less variation in species responsible for temporal changes than the recovering and fire-exposed rivers. Species responsible for changes in relative abundance at a lateral zone scale were Metrosideros angustifolia, Morella serrata, Brabejum stellatifolium, Isolepis prolifera, Elegia capensis, Prionium serratum and Calopsis paniculata. Due to the species diversity not changing much temporally but the relative abundance of specific species showing much variation over time it can be concluded that the changes are not diversity based but instead driven by changes in relative abundances of species typical for a lateral zone. The spatial and temporal variation in riparian vegetation community composition was found to be significant enough to suggest that the use of a fixed reference condition for all Western Cape rivers would not be feasible due to clear differences between basins. Secondly when selecting a reference site the spatial location of this site should be within the same longitudinal zone since bank shape does influence riparian plant species distribution. Finally the temporal comparison between sites showed high diversity in species abundances but small differences in diversity overall. This would suggest that a general community description specific to 1) where the site is situated and 2) based on the present riparian vegetation community composition within a specific basin may be more realistic and achievable for restoration and environmental management purposes as opposed to using site descriptions from the past and reference sites too far upstream or downstream from the restoration site.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Herstel praktyke maak algemeen gebruik van 'n verwysing toestand om 'n terrein te herstel na 'n beter ekologiese toestand as wat dit tans is. Die keuringsproses en relevansie van die verwysing toestand is nog nie in die boonste gedeeltes van Wes-Kaap Riviere getoets nie, veral met betrekking tot ruimtelike en tydskale nie. Hierdie tesis het gesoek om te evalueer of ruimte (longitudinaal) en tyd (temporaal) rivieroewers plant gemeenskap samestelling (lateraal) beïnvloed en of hierdie verskille die keuse van 'n verwysing toestand in die herstel praktyke beïnvloed. Ondersoek terreine was oor drie longitudinale sones geselekteer: berg stroom, oorgangs en boonste hange terreine. Historiese terreine was weer ondersoek en die datastelle was gebruik vir die temporale vergelykings tussen onversteurde terreine, terreine wat herstel na die skoonmaak van indringer spesies en wat geraak was deur 'n brand. Oewerplantegroei gemeenskappe het verskille tussen longitudinale sones, rivier-kom en rivier takke gewys. Die spesies wat verantwoordelik was vir marginale zone (plante in nabye afstand met die aktiewe rivier kanaal) identiteit, bepaal met behulp van relatiewe dekking hoeveelheid, het gevarieer met Isolepis prolifera verantwoordelik vir die groep identiteit in die berg stroom en oorgangs trerreine, maar in die boonste hange was dit Calopsis paniculata, Drossera capensis en Metrosideros angustifolia boompies wat verantwoordelik was vir die laterale sone identiteit. Die laer dinamiese area het geen ooreenkomste tussen marginale gebiede van verskillende longitudinale sones gehad nie. In die onderste sone was Pteridium aqualinum meestal verantwoordelik vir die groepering se identiteit. Die boonste bank het nie 'n enkele spesie wat verantwoordelik was vir die groep identiteit gehad nie. Die spesies beskryf as tipies vir die laterale sone deur Reinecke et al. (2007) was meestal teenwoordig in die beskryfde laterale sone van hierdie studie, maar dit was egter nie altyd verantwoordelik vir die identiteit van die laterale sone gemeenskap nie. Verskillende lengte sones het gekorreleer met verskillende omgewingsveranderlikes wat sterkste gekoppel kon word aan die verspreiding van spesies. Die bergstrome het die sterkste verhouding met horisontale afstand en hoogte in kombinasie met mekaar gehad en in die boonste hange was horisontale afstand van die aktiewe kanaal die sterkste gekoppel aan plantegroei posisie. Die belangrikheid van ruimte is onmiskenbaar ten opsigte van evaluering, bestudering en die herstel van rivieroewers gemeenskappe. Terreine het sterker ooreenkoms met data gehad wat tydens dieselfde tydperk versamel was, as met historiese data. Die algehele relatiewe spesies hoeveelheid het egter nie beduidende verandering getoon op 'n terrein skaal nie. Soos verwag was het die onversteurde riviere minder temporale variasie in spesies getoon as die herstellende en brand blootgestelde riviere. Spesies wat verantwoordelik was vir die verandering in relatiewe hoeveelhede op 'n laterale sone skaal was M. angustifolia, Morella serrata, Brabejum stellatifolium, I. prolifera, Elegia capensis, Prionium serratum en C. paniculata. As gevolg van die diversiteit van spesies wat nie baie verander het tydelik nie, maar die relatiewe hoeveelheid van spesifieke spesies wat heelwat variasie oor tyd getoon het, kan dit afgelei word dat die veranderinge nie diversiteit gebaseerd was nie, maar eerder gedryf was deur veranderinge in relatiewe hoeveelhede van tipiese spesies in 'n laterale sone. Die ruimtelike en tydelike variasie in oewerplantegroei gemeenskap samestelling was beduidende genoeg om voor te stel dat die gebruik van 'n vaste verwysing toestand vir alle Wes-Kaapse riviere nie haalbaar sou wees nie as gevolg van duidelike verskille tussen riviere. Tweedens, by die kies van 'n verwysing terrein moet die ruimtelike plek van hierdie terrein in dieselfde lengte sone wees aangesien bank vorm 'n invloed op rivieroewer plant verspreiding het. Laaastens, het die tydelike vergelyking tussen terreine hoë diversiteit in spesies verspreidings maar klein verskille in algehele diversiteit gehad. Dit stel voor dat 'n algemene beskrywing van die gemeenskap wat spesifiek op 1) waar die terrein geleë is en 2) gebaseer op die huidige oewerplantegroei gemeenskap samestelling binne 'n spesifieke rivier netwerk dalk meer realisties en haalbaar vir hersteel en bestuurs doeleindes sou wees. Hierdie benadering word verkies bo die gebruik van n terrein beskrywings uit die verlede en verwysing terreine te ver stroomop of stroomaf van die herstel gebied.
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Brown, Glen, and n/a. "Towards an in situ technique for investigating the role nutrients play in epilithon growth in an Australian upland stream." University of Canberra. School of Resource, Environmental & Heritage Sciences, 2001. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060614.171246.

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There is limited knowledge and understanding of the role of nutrients and effect of herbivore grazing on epilithon production in Australian upland rivers. Before investigating these processes, a method was required that will allow the study of factors (physical, chemical and biological) that affect epilithon abundance and distribution in lotic systems. The Thredbo River, Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales, provided an opportunity to conduct this investigation because it: is relatively undisturbed; has been intensely studied; is easily accessed; and is of appropriate width and depth to conduct in-stream experiments. The specific goals of this research were the: (1) validation of the nutrient-diffusing substrate method for investigating epilithon responses to nutrients; (2) development of experimental channels in which to investigate nutrient/epilithon dynamics in an upland stream; (3) development of a method to inhibit macroinvertebrate grazing from in situ experimental channels, so that epilithon responses to nutrients with and without grazing pressure can be studied; and (4) assessment of the ecological implications of nutrient/ epilithon/macroinvertebrate interactions assessed from in-stream experiments. Major achievements of my research, that advance the study of stream ecology, are as follows: · The investigation of the features of nutrient release from terracotta nutrientdiffusing substrates showed that phosphorus does not readily diffuse through terracotta clay, probably because terracotta contains known binding agents for phosphorus, such as iron, and because pores are easily blocked. I concluded that this type of substrate is inappropriate for studying nutrient dynamics and epilithon responses to the nutrient(s) limiting growth. The outcomes of this research has implications for future research using nutrient-diffusing substrates, and of how nutrient limitation information is interpreted from past research using terracotta nutrient-diffusing substrates. · I designed and tested in-stream experimental channels that were functional and provided near natural conditions for studying the interactions between nutrients/ epilithon/macroinvertebrates, without affecting physical variables not tested for. The in situ method developed was successful in simulating 'real world' complexities. Clay paving bricks were used as standardized common surface for community development because their colour, size and surface texture are similar to those of natural stones. · I developed a technique for successfully inhibiting macroinvertebrate grazing from designated areas, using electricity, without affecting flow and light. This technique will enable in-stream herbivory studies to assess the effects of macroinvertebrate grazing pressure on epilithon under natural conditions, including variability in flow, temperature, light and nutrients. It will allow the vexed question of whether epilithon biomass is controlled by bottom-up or top-down processes to be objectively addressed. The construction of in situ experimental channels that simulate natural conditions, combined with the non-intrusive methods of macroinvertebrate exclusion and nutrient addition, resulted in a study design that will facilitate the investigation of biotic responses to nutrients in Australian upland streams. Using the method developed, I showed that variable flows in the upper Thredbo River appear high enough to slough epilithon, but not high enough to dislodge macroinvertebrates. This may mean that in systems such as the Thredbo River that experience frequent low level disturbance, the epilithon is unable to reach equilibrium. There is strong top-down control of epilithon in this stream, with nutrients, temperature and light playing a secondary role. I concluded that natural variability may be more important than previously considered and perhaps this, rather than constancy, should be studied. This thesis adds support to the continuance of multiple factor investigations, and advocates that such studies be conducted under natural conditions so that the results are more relevant to natural systems than from studies conducted in controlled laboratory and outdoor artificial streams. Clearly, the in-stream channels, developed as part of the current research, will allow research that contributes to our understanding of community responses to the physical, chemical and biological processes operating in lotic environments.
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Bubb, Damian H. "Spatial ecology of white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes and signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in upland rivers, northern England." Thesis, Durham University, 2004. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3118/.

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The American signal crayfish Pacifastacus lernusculus, an invasive species widely introduced throughout Europe, is a major threat to native European crayfish species and is causing increasing concern because of its wide impact on aquatic ecosystems. This thesis investigates the within catchment expansion of signal crayfish populations in two upland rivers and the spatial ecology and movement of the introduced signal crayfish and the indigenous white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes. Populations of signal crayfish are established and expanding on the upland rivers Wharfe and Ure. On the Wharfe the signal crayfish population is well established and now occupies about 30 km of river and is currently expanding at a rate in excess of 2 km year(^-1). On the Ure the signal crayfish population is younger and currently occupies 1.6 km and is currently expanding at about 0.5 km year(^-1). The range expansion is biased towards downstream in both rivers, by a ratio of about 3:1 (downstream:upstream).The movements and dispersal of white-clawed and signal crayfish was studied utilising a combination of radiotelemetry and internal and external Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags. Radiotagged adult signal crayfish were capable of substantial active movements (maximum movement 790m in 79 days). The level of movement of adults suggests they may have the potential to be responsible for the observed rates of population expansion. Although the movements of radiotagged adult signal crayfish within main river channel were equally distributed upstream and downstream, in-stream barriers both natural and artificial were found to limit the upstream movements of PIT tagged crayfish and this may contribute to the observed downstream bias of signal crayfish population expansion. The movements and dispersal of PIT tagged white-clawed crayfish within a small upland high gradient stream were strongly biased towards downstream. Maximum movement of radiotagged adult signal crayfish occurred during midsummer. Temperature appeared to be a major factor influencing the timing and extent of movements between tracking periods although there was a large variation between individuals. All significant downstream movements made by crayfish were active movements and not the result of passive movement during periods of high discharge. There were no sex or size differences in the dispersal and movement of radiotagged and PIT tagged signal crayfish whilst in PIT tagged white-clawed crayfish size, sex, injuries and duration of tracking influenced extent of movement. The expansion of the signal crayfish population in the River Wharfe appears to lead to the progressive loss of white-clawed crayfish populations where they come into direct contact. Limited differences in the microhabitat utilised by the two species were found where the species were syntopic, suggesting the potential exists for direct competition between the two species. In addition signal crayfish showed greater movement and dispersal than white-clawed crayfish. This may contribute to the ability of signal crayfish to colonise rivers rapidly and may also offer a competitive advantage over white-clawed crayfish thus contributing to the observed replacement. The results are discussed in the context of the conservation and management of crayfish and the ecology of invasive species.
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Rose, Teresa, and n/a. "AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY INTO THE IMPACTS OF FLOW REGULATION ON AN UPLAND GRAVEL BED RIVERINE ENVIRONMENT: A TRIBUTARY CONFLUENCE IN THE SNOWY RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF JINDABYNE DAM, AUSTRALIA." University of Canberra. Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, 1999. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20080917.153237.

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Inter-Basin-Water Transfers significantly reduce flow and sediment regimes to the downstream ecosystem effecting differential channel adjustment at various locations. It is not known how macroinvertebrates adjust to flow regulation, either spatially or temporally, because research is lacking into how morphological adjustment affects benthic habitat. Feedback mechanisms that initiate the adjustment process must first be identified, then the effect on benthic habitat becomes apparent, thus, providing a link to macroinvertebrate response. Since regulation there has been a 95% reduction in flow volume, a complete downward shift in both the flow duration and flood frequency curves and a 194% increase in flow constancy compared to the pre- dam period. Furthermore, Jindabyne Dam traps 99.9% of the total incoming sediment load. Upstream of the tributary the dominant river response was accommodation adjustment with subsequent contraction of the river channel. Associated feedback mechanisms were ?armouring? and vegetation encroachment. Downstream of the tributary response was more complex, with channel contraction through aggradation and specifically the formation of a tributary mouth bar and fan, mid channel lobate bar, transverse bar and in-channel bench. Associated feedback mechanisms were interactions between vegetation and sediment; channel morphology, flow and sediment distribution; and sediment distribution, flow and channel morphology. These processes have had site specific and reach scale impacts on benthic habitat. Macroinvertebrate response to flow regulation was habitat specific (riffle or edge) and seemed to correspond to either site, or reach scale morphological adjustment, whereas, flow constancy seemed to affect edge macroinvertebrates throughout both reaches. Spatially, macroinvertebrates have not adjusted to the post- dam flow regime and temporally, macroinvertebrates have not recovered 30 years after the closure of Jindabyne Dam. How physical processes change habitats and how these impact on a river?s ecology and at what scale, are important considerations in river management.
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Al-Hawas, Ibrahim A. M. "Clay mineralogy and soil classification of alluvial and upland soils associated with Blackwater and Nottoway rivers in southeastern Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44104.

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Because the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia has not been extensively studied, thirty random samples associated with Blackwater and Nottoway rivers were collected in the spring of 1987 from Surry, Sussex, and Southampton counties. Soil classification as well as mineralogical, chemical, and physical analysis were conducted for all samples.

The purposes of this investigation were to: (1)classify the soils in this area, (2) determine the distribution of sand and clay minerals, (3) examine the weathering effect on clay minerals on different position of the landscape for different parent material sources.

The soils examined classified as follow: Aquic Hapludults 43% > Typic Hapludults 26.6% > Ultic Hapludalfs 10% > Humic Hapludults 3% = Typic Rhodudlts 3% = Aquic Hapludalfs 3% = Typic Udipsamment 3% = Typic Quartzpsamment 3% = Psammentic Hapludalfs. Qualitative analysis of clay minerals revealed that kaolinite and hydroxy interlayer vermiculite were the dominant clay minerals; that montmorillonite, mica, gibbsite quartz, and vermiculite were of lesser quantities; that chlorite, feldspar and interstratified minerals were of trace amounts. Kaolinite represents about 21-70%, HlV 11-60%, montmorillonite 0-20%, mica 0-16%, gibbsite 0-13%, quartz 1-12%, and vermiculite 0-10%. The presence of these minerals were mainly related to the acid reaction of the soil media, which was essentially attributed to Al and H ions in soil solution. From the past history and geological composition of the Piedmont it is assumed that kaolinitic minerals were transported and sedimented in the Coastal Plain. Hydroxy-interlayer vermiculite minerals was weathering from vermiculite because most of the Al was adsorbed by vermiculite to form HIV. Therfore, gibbsite was not precipitated. Montmorillonite was assumed to have formed from mica minerals. That was substantiated by statistical analysis which showed a high negative correlation between gibbsite and vermiculite (r=0.46, n=30) and between montmorillonite and mica (r=-0.6, n=10).


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Tancock, Matthew James. "The dynamics of upland river confluences." Thesis, Durham University, 2014. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10527/.

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River confluences are common features of the landscape as a result of the dendritic nature of river catchments. Much of the research to date has investigated flow at lowland confluences, whereas the most dynamic river confluences are likely to be found in upland areas. Therefore, in order to improve the understanding of the flow, sediment transport and morphological processes at river confluences, it is necessary to investigate the applicability of the findings from lowland confluences to their upland counterparts. This thesis uses field and numerical modelling experiments to increase the understanding of the dynamics of these upland river confluences. Flow and particle tracking data have been obtained from two different field sites: the more stable upland river confluences of Moor House National Nature Reserve and the steeper confluences of the Borgne d’Arolla braid plain. These data have been used to test two new numerical modelling developments. The first is the application of an explicit free surface model within a Computational Fluid Dynamics framework to enable the simulation of flow in natural rivers with steep water surface slopes. The second is the development of a new, reduced-complexity Discrete Particle Model that uses the three-dimensional flow data to simulate individual particle trajectories and the Generalised Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation method to estimate the uncertainty in these trajectories. There are three main findings in this thesis. Firstly, at upland confluences changes in the flow direction over the less well-defined banks have the greatest impact on individual particle trajectories and thus the morphological evolution of these confluences. Secondly, as water surface slopes increase, topographic features have less impact on the flow field than undulations in the water surface. Finally, turbulent flow structures and helical flow cells are found to be less important for the dynamics of these upland river confluences.
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Able, Anthony. "Karstification of the Pennyroyal Plain Behind the Retreating Chester Escarpment: Warren, Simpson & Logan Counties, Kentucky." TopSCHOLAR®, 1986. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1211.

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Hydrogeologic investigations were conducted on the drainage systems of an area of the Pennyroyal sinkhole plain of south central Kentucky. The degree of karstification of five area streams was studied to develop an understanding of the evolution of drainage as the landscape changes from a sandstone caprock plateau to a limestone sinkhole plain. The Chester Upland, capped by the Big Clifty Sandstone, possesses predominantly surface drainage and the Pennyroyal Plain, formed on Mississippian limestones, possesses considerable subsurface drainage. As the Chester Upland Escarpment retreats and surface streams are onto the limestones, the streams evolve to become subsurface streams. The five streams observed in the study (all flowing on limestones) demonstrated less karst development close to the Chester Escarpment and more karst development with increasing distance from the escarpment. Sediments derived from the escarpment and plateau blanket the stream beds thus perching the streams and preventing chemically aggressive water from forming karst solution features in the limestones. The streams farther away from the escarpment are removed from the sediment source and are therefore able to downcut into the limestone and invade the subsurface to become cave streams. Lithologic investigation of limestones exposed in stream beds revealed that minor resistant units can act to diminish downcutting and maintain short sections of surface flow. The stream investigated was not flowing on a perching layer, but instead was held on the surface by a stratigraphic control (spillover layer) that prevented subterranean stream invasion. Dye traces conducted on groundwater flow in the sinkhole plain revealed that the area drainage pattern is changing as surface streams invade the subsurface and that integration between drainage basins is taking place. Stream piracy and stream diversion are occurring in the subsurface causing alteration of the existing topographic drainage divides that developed before the surface streams invaded the subsurface. A general model is presented which shows the evolution of surface drainage to subsurface drainage, as the Chester Escarpment continues its northwestward retreat.
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Books on the topic "Upland rivers"

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W, Smith C. Characterization of dredged river sediments in 10 upland disposal sites of Alabama. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1995.

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Y, Foley Jeffrey, ed. Tin reconnaissance of the Kanuti and Hodzana rivers uplands, central Alaska. [Avondale, Md.]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1986.

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Ensor, H. Blaine. The Crawford Site, 41PK69, central Trinity River uplands, Polk County, Texas. Austin, Tex: Texas State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation, Highway Design Division, 1988.

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Morgan, M. J. Land of big rivers: French and Indian Illinois, 1699-1778. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

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Land of big rivers: French and Indian Illinois, 1699-1778. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

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Morgan, M. J. Land of big rivers: French and Indian Illinois, 1699-1778. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

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Deaver, William. Hohokam and historic land use of the middle Gila River Valley uplands: The Florence Army National Guard Survey, Pinal County, Arizona. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, 1994.

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Kingsbury, James A. Water quality in the Mississippi Embayment--Texas coastal uplands aquifer system and Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, south-central United States, 1994--2008. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey, 2014.

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Swanson, Betsy. Terre Haute de Barataria: An historic upland on an old river distributary overtaken by forest in the Barataria unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Harahan, La. (1221 Elwood Park Blvd., Harahan 70123): Published under the auspices of the Jefferson Parish Historical Commission, 1991.

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Kresl, James. A cultural resource inventory in the uplands north of the Klamath River, as part of the Frosty Again and Spencer Creek timber sale projects in Klamath County, Oregon. Pullman: Center for Northwest Anthropology, Dept. of Anthropology, Washington State University, 1995.

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Wilson, B. R., M. J. Feltham, J. M. Davies, T. Holden, I. G. Cowx, J. P. Harvey, and J. R. Britton. "A Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Goosander, Mergus merganser, on Salmonid Populations in two Upland Rivers in England and Wales." In Interactions Between Fish and Birds: Implications for Management, 119–38. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470995372.ch9.

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Gangi, Laura, David M. Hannah, and Markus Weiler. "Microthermal variability in a Welsh upland stream." In River Science, 279–94. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118643525.ch14.

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Zaman, M., K. Kleineidam, L. Bakken, J. Berendt, C. Bracken, K. Butterbach-Bahl, Z. Cai, et al. "Methodology for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Soils Using Non-isotopic Techniques." In Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related Techniques, 11–108. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_2.

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AbstractSeveral approaches exist for measuring greenhouse gases (GHGs), mainly CO2, N2O, and CH4, from soil surfaces. The principle methods that are used to measure GHG from agricultural sites are chamber-based techniques. Both open and closed chamber techniques are in use; however, the majority of field applications use closed chambers. The advantages and disadvantages of different chamber techniques and the principal steps of operation are described. An important part of determining the quality of the flux measurements is the storage and the transportation of the gas samples from the field to the laboratory where the analyses are carried out. Traditionally, analyses of GHGs are carried out via gas chromatographs (GCs). In recent years, optical analysers are becoming increasingly available; these are user-friendly machines and they provide a cost-effective alternative to GCs. Another technique which is still under development, but provides a potentially superior method, is Raman spectroscopy. Not only the GHGs, but also N2, can potentially be analysed if the precision of these techniques is increased in future development. An important part of this chapter deals with the analyses of the gas concentrations, the calculation of fluxes, and the required safety measures. Since non-upland agricultural lands (i.e. flooded paddy soils) are steadily increasing, a section is devoted to the specificities of GHG measurements in these ecosystems. Specialised techniques are also required for GHG measurements in aquatic systems (i.e. rivers), which are often affected by the transfer of nutrients from agricultural fields and therefore are an important indirect source of emission of GHGs. A simple, robust, and more precise methodof ammonia (NH3) emission measurement is also described.
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Nokleberg, Warren J., Helen L. Foster, and John N. Aleinikoff. "Geology of the northern Copper River basin, eastern Alaska range, and southern Yukon-Tanana Upland." In Alaskan Geological and Geophysical Transect, 34–63. Washington, D. C.: American Geophysical Union, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/ft104p0034.

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Rijsdijk, Anton. "Surface Runoff and Sediment Yields from Tropical Volcanic Upland Watersheds as Influenced by Climatic, Geological and Land-Use Factors." In Perspectives on Environmental Management and Technology in Asian River Basins, 69–91. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2330-6_5.

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Guishu, Xiong, Xu Jianhua, Gu Bisheng, and Dong Xuena. "Assessment of Sediment Reduction Due to Upland Water and Soil Conservation Works in the Yellow River." In The GeoJournal Library, 529–43. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2450-5_34.

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Bubb, Damian H., Martyn C. Lucas, and Timothy J. Thom. "Winter movements and activity of signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in an upland river, determined by radio telemetry." In Aquatic Telemetry, 111–19. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0771-8_13.

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"The Ecology and Management of Wood in World Rivers." In The Ecology and Management of Wood in World Rivers, edited by HERVE PIÉGAY. American Fisheries Society, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781888569568.ch6.

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<em>Abstract.</em>—A large river, in relation to wood dynamics, has a width several times greater than the height of the trees in its riparian area. Large rivers undergo particular physical and biological processes related to wood that vary according to their condition (pristine or managed) and their locations in the landscape (upland area or downstream, tropical or temperate climates).
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"The Ecology and Management of Wood in World Rivers." In The Ecology and Management of Wood in World Rivers, edited by KATHRYN L. BOYER, DEAN RAE BERG, and STAN V. GREGORY. American Fisheries Society, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781888569568.ch22.

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<em>Abstract.</em>—Riparian and floodplain forests are vital components of landscapes. They are transitional zones (ecotones) between river and upland ecosystems where ecological processes occurring in riparian areas and floodplains connect and interact with those of rivers and streams. These forests are the major source of large wood for streams and rivers. Extensive loss of riparian and floodplain forests around the globe is evident from the dramatically reduced supply of large wood in rivers. Clearly, it is necessary to conserve and restore riparian forests to sustain a supply of wood for rivers. This chapter discusses river and land management practices that are designed to provide a continuous source of large wood for rivers and retain wood once it has entered the channel or floodplain. These management practices include conservation of intact riparian and floodplain forests, restoration of ecological processes necessary to sustain riparian forests in the long term, and management of riparian forests specifically to accelerate recruitment of large wood to rivers and streams.
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Foster, David R., and B. L. Turner II. "The Long View: Human–Environment Relationships in the Region, 1000 BC–AD 1900." In Integrated Land-Change Science and Tropical Deforestation in the Southern Yucatan. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199245307.003.0010.

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The Yucatán Peninsula is a thick, low-lying, limestone shelf that rose fully above the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico during the Pleistocene (Folan 1983; Wilson 1980). Given its calcite and dolomite base, the entire peninsula northward from the Libertad Arch, which extends east–west across the central Petén, is a karstic landscape of coastal plains and interior uplands or hills dominated by solution features and subsurface drainage (Finch 1965; Jennings 1985; Weidie and Ward 1976; Wilhemy 1981). Permanent rivers and streams appear only in the southern, high rainfall, portion of the peninsula, largely along the lower-lying coastal plains and adjacent edges of the interior uplands. For the most part, the southern Yucatán peninsular region constitutes an undulating upland (about 80% of the landscape) composed of ridges and, to the south, cone karst (Figs. 2.1 and 2.2: upland-bajo distribution). Interspersed among the uplands are large, surface solution sinks or poljes (Weidie and Ward 1976), locally known as bajos (sometimes, akalches). These features infill with sediments, predominately montmorillonite clays, which impede subsurface drainage and retain surface water built up during the rainy season, creating seasonal wetlands. Otherwise, water percolates through the upland karst to subterranean aquifers, which generally lie deep below the surface. In the uplands proper, these aquifers may be more than 200m below the surface (Turner, 1983). The region occupies a transitional position between tropical monsoon (Am, Köppen classification) and tropical wet-dry (Aw) climates to the south and north respectively. The critical distinction between the two is the length and severity of the dry season, which increases northward. Overall, the climate is characterized by hot, humid summers and warm, dry winters, in which nortes (cold northern airstreams) penetrate the region for brief periods. Average annual precipitation ranges from about 900mm to in excess of 1,400mm, increasing to the south, the large majority of which falls during the wet season (mid-May through October) (Garcia 1970). Water deficits exist throughout the region during the mid-to-late dry season, stressing vegetation, wildlife, agriculture, livestock, and human settlement.
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Conference papers on the topic "Upland rivers"

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Fallon, Andrew, and William B. Ouimet. "INVESTIGATING 20TH CENTURY BEAVER RECOVERY AND FLUVIAL CHANGES IN CONNECTICUT UPLAND RIVERS." In Northeastern Section-56th Annual Meeting-2021. Geological Society of America, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2021ne-361856.

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Frolov, Daniil A., Andrey V. Maslennikov, and Regina A. Saraeva. "FLORISTIC RESEARCH WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT OF THE RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY «ENVIRONMENTAL-FLORISTIC ASPECTS OF THE MIDDLE RIVER POOLS OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE VOLGA UPLAND»." In Treshnikov readings – 2021 Modern geographical global picture and technology of geographic education. Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I. N. Ulyanov, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33065/978-5-907216-08-2-2021-155-159.

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The article presents the results of ecological and floristic studies within the framework of expeditions of the project of the Russian Geographical Society «Ecological and floristic aspects of the middle river basins of the central part of the Volga Upland»
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Slaughter, Charles W., Peter Goodwin, and Leon Huber. "Upland Watershed Considerations for Comprehensive River Restoration." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 1998. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40382(1998)15.

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Maksimova, Anastasia A., Dmitry A. Novikov, and Denis V. Napreev. "Geochemical features of nature waters in the basin of the Vitim river." In Недропользование. Горное дело. Направления и технологии поиска, разведки и разработки месторождений полезных ископаемых. Экономика. Геоэкология. Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт нефтегазовой геологии и геофизики им. А.А. Трофимука Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18303/b978-5-4262-0102-6-2020-016.

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The first results of integrated hydrogeochemical studies of natural waters in the basin of the Vitim (Patom upland) are presented. With respect to chemical composition, SO4-HCO3 Mg-Ca and HCO3 Mg-Ca waters with total mineralization from 10 to 298 mg/dm3 dominate. The waters are characterized by pH from neutral to weakly alkaline (6.6-8) and the oxidation conditions of geochemical setting with Eh from +155.5 to +215.9 mV and O2 sol content from 4.9 to 8.4 mg/dm3. The profile revealed a complicated hydrogeochemical field which is affected mainly by natural factors.
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Bartholomew, Mervin J., and Youngsang Kwon. "RELIC APPALACHIAN UPLANDS ALONG THE NEW RIVER – TENNESSEE RIVER DRAINAGE DIVIDE." In GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019. Geological Society of America, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019am-339737.

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MILAN, DAVID, and ARVED SCHWENDEL. "LONG-TERM CHANNEL RESPONSE TO A MAJOR FLOOD IN AN UPLAND GRAVELBED RIVER." In 38th IAHR World Congress. The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/38wc092019-1734.

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Kalicki, Tomasz, and Karolina Fularczyk. "CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE KRASNA RIVER IN THE ESTUARY SECTION (POLISH UPLANDS)." In 5th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE GEOBALCANICA 2019. Geobalcanica Society, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2019.10.

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Spooner, Ian, Adam Godfrey, Mark Mallory, Dewey W. Dunnington, and Chris E. White. "IMPACT OF HISTORICAL LOGGING AND HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT ON AN UPLAND RIVER SYSTEM, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA: A PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE." In 53rd Annual GSA Northeastern Section Meeting - 2018. Geological Society of America, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018ne-311065.

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Dineen, Robert J. "GLACIAL LAKE WARRENSBURG IN THE HUDSON AND SCHROON RIVER VALLEYS, ADIRONDACK UPLANDS, NEW YORK STATE." In 54th Annual GSA Northeastern Section Meeting - 2019. Geological Society of America, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019ne-328355.

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Krievāns, Māris, and Laimdota Kalniņa. "STOP 3: Late-glacial and early postglacial environmental processes and the history of the River Triečupīte valley and surroundings, in the foreland of the Vidzeme Upland." In INQUA Peribaltic Working Group Meeting and field excursion in Eastern and Central Latvia. University of Latvia, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.22364/lqtpsh.2014.03.

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Reports on the topic "Upland rivers"

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Werdon, M. B., and M. J. Blessington. Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Ray River watershed, and Kanuti and Hodzana rivers uplands, central Alaska. Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, June 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/27297.

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Water quality in the lower Puyallup River valley and adjacent uplands, Pierce County, Washington. US Geological Survey, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/wri864154.

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