LibGuides: Water Resources: River Dynamics

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River Processes by Andre Robert
Call Number: GB1399.6 .R63 2003
ISBN: 0340763388
Publication Date: 2003-08-14
Provides a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge about physical processes in alluvial channels, with an emphasis on the recent work on flow-bed-sediment transport interactions.
Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds by Kenneth N. Brooks; Peter F. Ffolliott; Hans M. Gregersen; Leonard F. DeBano
Call Number: TC409 .H93 2003
ISBN: 9780813829852
Publication Date: 2003-01-13
Quantitative Information Fusion for Hydrological Sciences by Xing Cai; T. C. Yeh
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9783540753841
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Watersheds by Jeremy C. Vaughn (Editor)
Call Number: TC409 .W424 2010
ISBN: 9781616686673
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
This book reviews research on watersheds including the climatic change impacts on the hydrologic dynamics of watershed systems; the watershed approach for resource conservation, environment quality and food security in the Indian Himalayas and others.
Encyclopedia of Inland Waters by Gene E. Likens (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: Reference GB1601.4 .E52 2009
ISBN: 9780120884629
Publication Date: 2009-04-13
The Encyclopedia of Inland Waters describes and explains all the basic features of the subject, from water chemistry and physics, to the biology of aquatic creatures and the complex function and balance of aquatic ecosystems of varying size and complexity.