Estuaries show dynamic patterns of channels and bars, which are also valuable habitats,
while channels provide access to harbours. In contrast with bars in rivers, we still lack …

Numerical morphological modelling of braided rivers is increasingly used to explore controls
on river pattern and for applied environmental management. This article reviews and …

Our objective is to understand general causes of different river channel patterns. In this
paper we compare an empirical stream power‐based classification and a physics‐based …

River bifurcations are critical but poorly understood elements of many geomorphological
systems. They are integral elements of alluvial fans, braided rivers, fluvial lowland plains …

Rivers are important agents of change that shape the Earth's surface and evolve through
time in response to fluctuations in climate and other environmental conditions. They are …

Rivers self-organize their pattern/planform through feedbacks between bars, channels,
floodplain and vegetation, which emerge as a result of the basic spatial sorting process of …

Braided rivers have complicated and dynamic bar patterns, which are challenging to fully
understand and to predict both qualitatively and quantitatively. Linear theory ignores …

A new channel pattern classification is presented based on theoretically derived channel
pattern discriminant functions. The thresholds are formulated as power laws that relate the …

Braided rivers are relatively simple to produce in the laboratory, whereas dynamic
meandering rivers have not been sustained beyond initial bend formation. Meandering is …

Strong feedbacks exist between channel dynamics, floodplain development, and riparian
vegetation. Earlier experimental studies showed how uniformly distributed riparian …