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On the influence of riparian vegetation on channel processes

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Several aspects bound up with direct influence of vegetation on channel processes of morphologically homogeneous sections of rivers are analyzed. Changes in the vegetation pattern can lead to changes not only in the channel width but also in its type. Timber jams constitute a characteristic manifestation of the vegetation influence on the channel morphology and channel processes of small rivers in forest regions. It is shown that changes in the hydrological conditions of rivers (side by side with the decline in mobility of the channel’s relief) resulting from influences of large reservoirs upon the processes of channel regulation may be favorable for the growth of vegetation. The growth of vegetation, in turn, may influence the character of transformations of the channel’s form.

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Original Russian Text © L.V. Zlotina, K.M. Berkovich, 2012, published in Geography and Natural Resources, 2012, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 31–37.

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Zlotina, L.V., Berkovich, K.M. On the influence of riparian vegetation on channel processes. Geogr. Nat. Resour. 33, 26–32 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1875372812010040

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