As rivers flow towards the sea, they impact the landscape through which they pass. Firstly, they cause erosion of both the riverbed and its banks, dislodging stones and other material. Secondly, they ...

Every year, the southwest monsoon event changes India’s river systems. The changes include turning one of India’s rivers red.

Plastic associated chemicals known as phthalate esters are widespread in rivers worldwide, but their sources and ...

Researcher uncovers why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes. The Torridon sandstone in northwestern Scotland preserves six kilometers of river sediment from ...

At 4,130 miles (6,650 km) long, the Nile in Africa is the longest river in the world. Some people consider the Amazon in South America to be longer. This is because the many hundreds of channels that ...

Fly ash from coal burning contributes between 37 and 72 percent of the organic carbon particles in the Yangtze River basin. A new study finds that fly ash -- particles left over from burning coal -- ...

The process and impact of rejuvenation is explored through the use of specific examples along with detailed graphics to explain the fluvial processes of erosion, transportation and deposition. ABC ...

Estuaries and Coasts, Vol. 38, No. 2 (MARCH 2015), pp. 415-433 (19 pages) This two-part paper provides comprehensive time and frequency domain analyses and models of along-channel water level ...

Oceanography, Vol. 30, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE ON Sedimentary Processes Building a Tropical Delta Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The Mekong System (SEPTEMBER 2017), pp. 22-33 (12 pages) ABSTRACT.