Stream Dynamics: An Overview for Land Managers

Summary

Technical report (1980-1992). Covers Verde River, Phoenix, Arizona. Topics: stream dynamics, water flow, sediment transport, fluvial processes. Agencies: USDA Forest Service, Range Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Cites 34 external works.

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United States Forest ServiceUnited States Department of AgricultureUnited States Geological SurveyColorado State UniversityArmy Corps of EngineersRocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment StationAmerican Society of Civil EngineersArizona State University

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National Stream Systems Technology CenterRange Experiment StationManti-LaSal National ForestCalifornia Institute of Technology

Places (63)

Colorado Rocky Mountains Colorado River California Arizona Southern Rocky Mountains New Mexico great plains

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Alaska Kansas Utah Fort Collins Mt. Washington Rio Grande Idaho Wyoming Black Canyon Texas Albuquerque Nebraska Mississippi Phoenix Salt River South Dakota South Platte River Tempe Plumas National Forest Pennsylvania upper Missouri River White River Verde River Sycamore Creek Manti-La Sal National Forest Colorado River at Needles Sangre de Christos North Fork of Thomas Creek Eel River Roosevelt Reservoir Delta River Alaska Range central Alaska Mount Rainier Fool Creek Manti Creek Wasatch monocline Fort Randall Brandywine Creek Redwood National Park Kyoto, Japan Rio Grande River Los Angeles Washington, D.C.Flagstaff Laramie Lincoln Rapid City Southwest El Paso Grand Canyon Pasadena Salmon River Henry Mountain White Mountains

Concepts & Topics (49)

leaf water content air temperature streamflow streamflow elevation gradient weathering vegetation community composition hydraulic gradient

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hydraulic gradient hillslope similarity riparian zone particle size distribution depositional growth river incision geochemistry river incision steady-state conditions drag coefficient turbulence meander-scale variability forced channeling mechanisms forced channeling mechanisms mass wasting meander-scale variability maximum loading threshold vertical profile retardation processes SOC-stabilizing processes mining channel migration re-inundation transmission rate mining bedload transport bedscarps road construction tubing asymmetry factor braided channels supercritical flow resistance of banks and bed to movement braided channels secondary circulation bar formation armoring helical flow width-depth ratio stream monitoring lateral stream movement

Species (8)

Unknown not mentioned Atriplex canescens Rushes Redwood redwood trees willow saltcedar

External References Cited (50)

Works cited by this document, grouped by type.

other (23)

Mechanics of degradation and aggradation in a laboratory flume (1969) — B. Suryanarayana
Effect of channel sediment on width-discharge relations with emphasis on streams in Kansas (1977) — Osterkamp, W. R
Airphoto interpretation of the form and behavior of alluvial rivers (1975) — Brice, J. C
Geomorphic threshold and com- plex response of drainage systems (1974) — Schumm, S. A
Abrasion in place: A mechanism for rounding and size reduction of coarse sediment in rivers (1973) — Schumm, S. A., and M. A. Stevens

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Preserva- tion of primeval redwood in the Redwood National Park (1972) — Stone, E. C., R. F. Grah, and P. J. Zinke
Rigid boundary hydraulics for steady flow (1971) — Koloseus, H. J
Increases in streamflow after con- verting chaparral to grass (1971) — Hibbert, A. R
A basic cause of a braided channel (1969) — Shen, H. W., and S. Vedula
Deposition on alluvial fans (1968) — Bull, W. D
Mobile-bed fluviology—A regime theory treatment of rivers for engineers and hydrologists (1966) — Blench, T
Nomenclature for bed forms in alluvial channels (1966) — American Society of Civil Engineers, Task Force on Bed Forms in Alluvial Channels of the Committee on Sedimentation
Resistance to flow in alluvial channels (1966) — Simons, D. B., and E. V. Richardson
Pre- liminary report on bed forms and flow phenomena in the Rio Grande near El Paso, Texas (1964) — Fahnestock, R. K., and Thomas Maddock, Jr
Profiles or rivers of uniform dis- charge (1964) — Langbein, W. B
Morphological and hydrolog- ical regularities of the structure of the river net (1960) — Rzhanitsyn, N. A
The shape of alluvial channels in relation to sediment type (1960) — Schumm, S. A
A study of the shape of channels formed by natural streams flowing in erodible material (1957) — Lane, E. W
The importance of fluvial morph- ology in hydraulic engineering (1955) — Lane, E. W
Some factors af- fecting the stability of canals constructed in coarse granular material (1953) — Lane, E. W., and E. J. Carlson
A laboratory study of the mean- dering of alluvial rivers (1945) — Friedkin, J. F
Regime diagrams for the design of canals of distributaries (1932) — Lacey, G
Regime channels (1919) — Lindley, E. S

report (12)

Predicting impact of a restoration project on river dynamics—A case history (1979) — Burchard H. Heede
Velocity-head rod and current meter use in boulder-strewn mountain streams (1974) — Burchard H. Heede
Flow and channel characteristics of two high mountain streams (1972) — Burchard H. Heede
Characteristics and processes of soil piping in gullies (1971) — Burchard H. Heede
Discharge of sands and mean velocity relationships in sand-bed streams (1964) — Bruce R. Colby

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Preliminary report on bed forms and flow phenomena in the Rio Grande near El Paso, Texas (1964) — R. K. Fahnestock and Thomas Maddock, Jr.
Some effects of fine sediment on flow phenomena (1963) — D. B. Simons, E. V. Richardson, W. L. Haushild
Morphology and hydrology of a glacial stream—White River, Mount Rainier, Washington (1963) — Robert K. Fahnestock
Lecture notes on sediment transport and channel stability (1961) — Vito A. Vanoni, Norman H. Brooks, John F. Kennedy
The natural channel of Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania (1955) — Gordon M. Wolman
The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications (1953) — Luna B. Leopold and Thomas Maddock, Jr.
Report on the geology of the Henry Mountains (1880) — G. K. Gilbert

study (9)

stream characterization study (1979) — Heede
bedload transport study (1977) — Heede
stream dynamics study (1975) — Heede
geomorphic threshold study (1974) — Schumm
water yield study (1971) — Hibbert

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flow energy study (1971) — Koloseus
fluid mechanics study (1950) — Rouse
Gilbert's law of declivities (1880) — Gilbert
Sternberg's abrasion law (1875) — Sternberg

article (4)

Equilibrium condition and sediment transport in an ephemeral mountain stream (1976) — Burchard H. Heede
Preservation of primeval redwood in the Redwood National Park (1972) — E. C. Stone, R. F. Grah, P. J. Zinke
The importance of fluvial morphology in hydraulic engineering (1955) — Lane, E. W.
A method of sampling coarse riverbed material (1954) — Gordon M. Wolman

book (2)

Sediment transport in alluvial streams (1974) — Janos Bogardi
Fluvial processes in geomorphology (1964) — Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon, and John P. Miller