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    In geography and geology, fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms...
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  • Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level...
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    ecological elements may be an issue. Aqueduct (water supply) Environmental flow Fluvial sediment processes Head cut Playfair's Law River ecosystem Rock-cut basin...
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    [kʊm]). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion. The concave shape of a glacial cirque is open on the downhill...
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  • river which is flooded during periods of high discharge Fluvial landforms of streams Fluvial terrace – Elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains...
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    Port (redirect from Fluvial port)
    shallow-draft vessels. An inland port is a port on a navigable lake, river (fluvial port), or canal with access to a sea or ocean, which therefore allows a...
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    is brought back through the “Traslación por el rio”, now known as the Fluvial Procession, to her sanctuary for the celebration of Principal Feast day...
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    could freely develop on a level floodplain. Instead, they argue that as fluvial incision of bedrock proceeds, the stream course is significantly modified...
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    by water (fluvial processes), but also wind (aeolian processes) and glaciers. Beach sands and river channel deposits are examples of fluvial transport...
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    Lake (redirect from Fluvial lake)
    The 11 major lake types are: tectonic lakes volcanic lakes glacial lakes fluvial lakes solution lakes landslide lakes aeolian lakes shoreline lakes organic...
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    ice sheets and understand their motions and effects upon the landscape. Fluvial geomorphologists focus on rivers, how they transport sediment, migrate...
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  • Douro, Faina Fluvial (Labor on the Douro River) is a 1931 Portuguese documentary short film. It was the first film directed by Manoel de Oliveira and...
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    Inland navigation, inland barge transport or inland waterway transport (IWT) is a transport system allowing ships and barges to use inland waterways (such...
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    The Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is...
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    Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial) is a Colombian state-owned defense, shipbuilder, and engineering company...
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    River island (redirect from Fluvial island)
    changes may be caused by interactions with a tributary, or by the opposing fluvial actions of deposition and/or erosion that form a natural cut and meander...
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  • drumlins, plains, and proglacial lakes. Glaciofluvial deposits or Glacio-fluvial sediments consist of boulders, gravel, sand, silt and clay from ice sheets...
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  • The fluvial shiner (Notropis edwardraneyi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found...
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    Uniformitarianism (redirect from Fluvialism)
    Uniformitarianism, also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity or the Uniformitarian Principle, is the assumption that the same natural laws and processes...
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  • Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC; French: Environnement et Changement climatique Canada) is the department of the Government of Canada responsible...
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    Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Barranqueras and San Nicolas de los Arroyos as the main fluvial ports. Some of the largest sea ports are La Plata–Ensenada, Bahía Blanca...
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  • Stream gradient (or stream slope) is the grade (or slope) of a stream. It is measured by the ratio of drop in elevation and horizontal distance. It is...
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    River (category Fluvial landforms)
    History of fluvial hydraulics. New Age Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-224-0815-7. OCLC 34628134. Garde, R.J. (1995). History of fluvial hydraulics. New...
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    head and it marks an important boundary between hillslope processes and fluvial processes. The channel head is the most upslope part of a channel network...
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    the re-nationalisation of the country's commuter and freight networks. Fluvial transport is mostly used for cargo. Within the urban areas, the main transportation...
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    Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways...
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  • dissolution processes such as karstification as well as fluvial processes such as fluvial erosion, bypass and river rejuvenation. Subaerial unconformities...
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    macrobiological component, and are highly porous. Tufa forms either in fluvial channels or in lacustrine environments. Ford and Pedley (1996) provide...
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    Parque de la Familia ("Family Park", previously known as Parque Fluvial Padre Renato Poblete (Father Renato Poblete River Park); also known as the "Navigable...
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    Floodplain (redirect from Fluvial plain)
    floodplain, and portions of the abandoned floodplain may be preserved as fluvial terraces. Floodplains support diverse and productive ecosystems. They are...
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