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Forced pool
By riverstyles on April 2, 20190Forced pool Position: In-channel Form These deeper areas along longitudinal profiles are scour features associated with irregularly spaced...
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Forced riffle
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Forced riffle Position: In-channel Form Longitudinally undulating gravel or boulder accumulations that act as local steps. Irregular spacing...
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Run (glide, plane-bed)
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Run (glide, plane-bed) Position: In-channel Form Stretches of uniform and relatively featureless bed, comprising bedrock or coarse clasts...
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Rapid
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Rapid Position: In-channel Form Very stable, steep, ridge-like sequences formed by arrangements of boulders in irregular transverse ribs...
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Cascade
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Cascade Position: In-channel Form Very stable, coarse-grained or bedrock features observed in steep, bedrock-confined settings. Comprise longitudinally and...
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Step pool
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Step pool Position: In-channel Form Formed on steep slopes (0.03-0.10 m m-1) channel-spanning stair-like features comprise bedrock, or boulder...
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Bedrock step (waterfall)
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Bedrock step (waterfall) Position: In-channel Form Locally resistant bedrock that forms channel-wide drops. Transverse waterfalls >1 m high separate...
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Anabranch (secondary or flood channel)
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Anabranch (secondary or flood channel) Position: Floodplain Form Pattern of coexistent multiple-anastomosing channels (repeated bifurcating and rejoining) with low...
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Chute cutoff
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Chute cutoff Position: Floodplain Form Straight/gently curved channel that dissects the convex bend of the primary channel, short-circuiting...
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Meander cutoff
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Meander cutoff (neck cutoff, oxbow, billabong) Position: Floodplain Form A meander bend that has been cut through the...
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