A View of the River

About this book

Leopold looks at the subject of river morphology, with a description of the river and its shape, size, organization and action. This is a technical and personal view of the river, providing information for understanding the behaviour of rivers, as well as firsthand observations by an experienced scientist.

Contents

The river channel; river measurement; down the channel system; meanders and bars; distribution of discharge in space and time; rivers of the world; flow variability and floods; relationships between channel and discharge; a field example - watts branch; the hydraulic geometry; sediment load; the drainage network; energy utilization; river morphology - the most probable state.

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Biography

Luna B. Leopold is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of California, Berkeley. Former Chief Hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey and winner of the National Medal of Science, he is one of the world's leading authorities on river hydraulics and geomorphology.