At 4,130 miles (6,650 km) long, the Nile in Africa is the longest river in the world. Some people consider the Amazon in South America to be longer. This is because the many hundreds of channels that ...

Mention the word “delta,” and most people will think of an airline or a cinematic fraternity house before they think of the depositional landform found at the mouth of rivers. But, really, you should ...

The ice-covered season plays an important role in the development of river channels, a new study shows. The spatial variability of sediment transport and differences in depositional and erosional ...

Fluvial systems, integral to shaping terrestrial landscapes, encompass the dynamic processes by which rivers transport, sort, and deposit sediment. These processes are central to the formation of ...

The process and impact of rejuvenation is explored through the use of specific examples along with detailed graphics to explain the fluvial processes of erosion, transportation and deposition. ABC ...