Frontiers in Water,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
2
Published: Jan. 7, 2021
River
corridors
supply
a
substantial
proportion
of
the
fresh
water
for
societal
and
ecological
needs.
Individual
functions
flowing
(lotic)
streams
rivers
ponded
(lentic)
waterbodies
such
as
lakes
reservoirs
are
well-studied,
but
their
collective
not
well
understood.
Here
we
bring
together
nationally
consistent
river
corridor
datasets
to
characterize
contributions
lotic
lentic
features
estimate
changes
over
past
centuries.
High-resolution
describing
across
10
million
kilometers
conterminous
U.S.
(CONUS)
network
were
classified
by
waterbody
type
origin
(historic
vs.
human-made
or
intensively
managed),
surface
areal
coverage,
degree
connectivity
estimated
change
in
residence
timescale
corridors.
Four
centuries
human
disturbance
drove
large
swings
makeup,
with
transition
toward
more
systems
caused
beaver
extirpation
abandonment
waterwheel
mill
ponds
end
nineteenth
century.
The
twentieth
century
saw
vast
expansion
(49%)
coverage
resulting
from
construction
management
small
drinking
water,
hydropower,
irrigation
livestock
watering,
stormwater
control.
Water
doubled
quadrupled
areas,
specific
locations,
during
result
increased
managed
ponds.
Although
now
dominate
found
that
growing
number
impacts
greater
length
through
influence
on
headwater
where
most
chemical
runoff
enters
corridor.
We
close
an
agenda
integrated
modeling
physical,
biogeochemical,
drivers
functions,
trajectories
change,
opportunities.
Reviews of Geophysics,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
59(2)
Published: March 10, 2021
Abstract
Floodplains
perform
diverse
functions,
including
attenuation
of
fluxes
water,
solutes,
and
particulate
material.
Critical
details
floodplain
storage
magnitude,
duration,
spatial
distribution
are
strongly
influenced
by
biogeochemical
processes
biotic
communities.
Floodplain
materials
can
be
conceptualized
in
the
form
a
budget
that
quantifies
inputs,
outputs,
within
control
volume.
The
volume
is
here
defined
as
bounded
on
inner
edges
banks
active
channel(s),
outer
limit
periodic
flooding
deposition
fluvially
transported
sediment,
underside
extent
hyporheic
exchange
flows
aquifer,
upper
side
elevation
living
vegetation.
Fluxes
also
change
location,
characteristics,
residence
time
material
storage.
Fluxes,
time,
quantities
stored
floodplains
measured
directly;
inferred
from
types
remotely
sensed
data;
or
quantitatively
estimated
using
numerical
models.
Human
activities
modify
by:
hydrologically
and/or
geomorphically
disconnecting
channels
floodplains;
altering
water
sediment
to
river
corridor;
obliterating
through
alluvial
mining
urbanization.
restoration
focus
enlarging
functional
floodplain,
reconnecting
channel
restoring
natural
regimes
large
wood,
enhancing
heterogeneity
floodplain.
Each
increase
resilience
disturbances.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
849, P. 157738 - 157738
Published: Aug. 4, 2022
In
this
article
we
describe
the
natural
hydrogeomorphological
and
biogeochemical
cycles
of
dryland
fluvial
ecosystems
that
make
them
unique,
yet
vulnerable
to
land
use
activities
climate
change.
We
introduce
Natural
Infrastructure
in
Dryland
Streams
(NIDS),
which
are
structures
naturally
or
anthropogenically
created
from
earth,
wood,
debris,
rock
can
restore
implicit
function
these
systems.
This
manuscript
further
discusses
capability
functional
similarities
between
beaver
dams
anthropogenic
NIDS,
documented
by
decades
scientific
study.
addition,
present
novel,
evidence-based
finding
NIDS
create
wetlands
water-scarce
riparian
zones,
with
soil
organic
carbon
stock
as
much
200
1400
Mg
C/ha
top
meter
soil.
identify
key
restorative
action
is
slow
drainage
water
landscape
such
more
it
infiltrate
be
used
facilitate
physical,
chemical,
biological
processes
environments.
Specifically,
assert
rapid
environments
reversed
through
restoration
infrastructure
once
existed.
then
explore
how
feedback
loops
provide
examples
have
been
loops,
lessons
learned
installation
streams
southwestern
United
States,
efforts
might
scaled
up,
what
implications
for
mitigating
change
effects.
Our
synthesis
portrays
using
support
adaptation
protection
climate-related
disturbances
stressors
drought,
shortages,
flooding,
heatwaves,
dust
storms,
wildfire,
biodiversity
losses,
food
insecurity.
River Research and Applications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
40(6), P. 976 - 987
Published: Feb. 1, 2023
Abstract
Large
wood
is
inherently
mobile
in
naturally
functioning
river
corridors,
yet
management
commonly
introduces
that
anchored
to
limit
hazards.
Wood
periodically
mobilized
important
for:
replacing
stationary
large
performs
diverse
physical
and
ecological
functions;
contributing
the
disturbance
regime
of
corridor;
diversifying
decay
states;
dispersing
organisms
propagules;
providing
refugia
during
floodplain
inundation
mobile‐bed
channels;
dissipating
flow
energy;
supplying
downstream
environments
including
lakes,
coastlines,
open
ocean,
deep
sea.
We
briefly
review
what
known
about
mobility
corridors
suggest
priorities
for
ongoing
research
management,
including:
structural
designs
can
pass
wood;
enhancing
piece
diversity
introduced
place;
quantifying
mobilization
transport
characteristics
natural
managed
corridors;
documentation
benefits
mobility.
River Research and Applications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
40(6), P. 887 - 942
Published: April 4, 2024
Abstract
In
this
article,
we
track
the
evolution
of
fluvial
biogeomorphology
from
middle
20th
century
to
present.
We
consider
emergence
as
an
interdisciplinary
research
area
that
integrates
knowledge
drawn
primarily
geomorphology
and
plant
ecology,
but
with
inputs
hydrology
landscape
ecology.
start
by
assembling
evidence
for
field
a
keyword
search
Web
Science
detailed
analysis
papers
published
in
two
scientific
journals:
journal—Earth
Surface
Processes
Landforms;
multidisciplinary
river
science
journal—River
Research
Applications.
Based
on
evidence,
identify
three
distinct
time
periods
development
biogeomorphology:
‘early
years’
before
1990;
transitional
decade
1990s;
period
rapid
expansion
diversification
themes,
methods
investigation
scales
since
2000.
Because
literature
is
vast,
can
only
summarize
developments
each
these
periods,
refer
recent
in‐depth
reviews
conceptual
perspectives
relevant
topics.
Thus,
rather
than
full
deep
review,
present
annotated
bibliographic
overview
biogeomorphology,
whereby
text
describes
broad
trends
supported
tables
citations
deliver
greater
detail.
end
brief
consideration
likely
future
developments.
Earth s Future,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(3)
Published: March 1, 2025
Abstract
Geologic,
geomorphic,
hydrologic,
ecological,
and
biogeochemical
conceptual
models
of
river
floodplains
developed
since
the
mid‐20th
century
led
to
current
conceptualization
as
integrative
systems
that
store
transform
diverse
materials,
provide
a
source
material
can
be
transported
downstream,
function
ecosystems.
Scientific
recognition
critical
component
corridors
is
not,
however,
matched
by
societal
perceptions
legal
or
regulatory
frameworks,
which
typically
treat
active
channel
floodplain
separate
entities.
The
development
an
scientific
understanding
reviewed
here,
along
with
five
primary
challenges
progress
in
managing
floodplains.
These
involve:
integrating
thinking,
data
collection,
modeling,
prediction
across
disciplines
manner
facilitates
work
practitioners
regulators;
scaling
time
space;
measuring
predicting
feedbacks
nonlinear
interactions;
resilience
resistance
natural
human‐induced
disturbances;
effectively
communicating
social
technical
uncertainties
management.
Hydrological Processes,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
39(4)
Published: April 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Floods
are
amplified
and
attenuated
by
features
processes
across
spatial
scales,
defined
here
as
flood
dynamics.
We
review
synthesise
these
influences
at
the
catchment,
river
network
reach
scales
a
means
of
integrating
understanding
controls
on
dynamics
identifying
key
questions
that
arise
because
differences
in
techniques
investigation
disciplinary
emphases
between
scales.
Catchment‐scale
include
catchment
area,
topography,
lithology,
land
cover,
precipitation,
antecedent
conditions
human
alterations
such
changing
cover.
Network‐scale
topology,
longitudinal
variations
geometry
successive
corridor
reaches,
lakes
wetlands
including
flow
regulation
cumulative
changes
channel‐floodplain
connectivity
multiple
reaches
network.
Reach‐scale
water
sources,
artificial
levees,
channelisation,
bank
stabilisation,
to
floodplain
cover
drainage,
dike
operation,
process‐based
restoration
urban
stormwater
management.
Our
synthesis
relevant
literature
suggest
relative
importance
varies
Hillslope
response
may
dominate
hydrograph
characteristics
smaller
catchments,
for
example,
whereas
exert
progressively
stronger
with
increasing
size.
Scale‐specific
advances
dynamics,
rainfall‐runoff
analyses
movements
from
uplands
into
channel
networks
(catchment‐scale),
along
(network‐scale)
investigations
biophysical
feedbacks
hydraulic
roughness
(reach‐scale),
have
largely
contributed
but
there
remain
important
disconnects
diverse
bodies
research
outstanding
related
effects
