Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

>Magister Scientiae - MSc === The analysis of what controls why rivers are the way they are, and how and why they change is crucial in predicting river dynamics and deriving classification systems that can assist management. A variety of factors control the pattern of fluvial styles in a river sy...

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Main Author: Sekese, Siviwe Pamela
Other Authors: Grenfell, Michael
Language:en
Published: University of Western Cape 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7412
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uwc-oai-etd.uwc.ac.za-11394-74122021-01-03T05:10:53Z Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa Sekese, Siviwe Pamela Grenfell, Michael Glenday, Julia Geomorphic analysis Eastern Cape River dynamics Climate change Geology >Magister Scientiae - MSc The analysis of what controls why rivers are the way they are, and how and why they change is crucial in predicting river dynamics and deriving classification systems that can assist management. A variety of factors control the pattern of fluvial styles in a river system across spatial scales. The geomorphic response of a river to an individual control, such as stream power for example, will vary due to a combination of other contributing factors such as geology and climate. 2020-11-03T07:21:00Z 2021-01-01T22:10:05Z 2019 http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7412 en University of Western Cape University of Western Cape
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language en
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topic Geomorphic analysis
Eastern Cape
River dynamics
Climate change
Geology
spellingShingle Geomorphic analysis
Eastern Cape
River dynamics
Climate change
Geology
Sekese, Siviwe Pamela
Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
description >Magister Scientiae - MSc === The analysis of what controls why rivers are the way they are, and how and why they change is crucial in predicting river dynamics and deriving classification systems that can assist management. A variety of factors control the pattern of fluvial styles in a river system across spatial scales. The geomorphic response of a river to an individual control, such as stream power for example, will vary due to a combination of other contributing factors such as geology and climate.
author2 Grenfell, Michael
author_facet Grenfell, Michael
Sekese, Siviwe Pamela
author Sekese, Siviwe Pamela
author_sort Sekese, Siviwe Pamela
title Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
title_short Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
title_full Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
title_fullStr Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
title_sort geomorphic analysis of river character and behaviour in three semi-arid, mountainous catchments in the eastern cape, south africa
publisher University of Western Cape
publishDate 2020
url http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7412
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