River Environments and Processes

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Examines the morphology of rivers and river systems and relationships between process and form. Topics to be covered include erosion, transportation, and deposition of sediments; channel morphology, the drainage basin as a geomorphic unit; and human impact on river morphology. Field work. Prerequisite: GEOG-BIOL-ERSC 2080H and one of GEOG-EGEO-ERSC 2401H, GEOG-EGEO 2540H, or GEOG 3520H.