Rivers in the Landscape

by Ellen E Wohl and Ellen Wohl

Rivers are the great shapers of terrestrial landscapes. Very few points on Earth above sea level do not lie within a drainage basin. Even points distant from the nearest channel are likely to be influenced by that channel. Tectonic uplift raises rock thousands of meters above sea level. Precipitation falling on the uplifted terrain concentrates into channels that carry sediment downward to the oceans and influence the steepness of adjacent hill...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119535417
• ISBN13: 9781119535416
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"