This book explores an important topic in geomorphology and sedimentology: the form and function of major rivers. This exciting book brings together a set of papers on large rivers of the world, as a unique introduction to a demanding subject. First book to offer in a single volume state-of-the-art knowledge on management and geomorphology of large rivers of the world

The book includes thirty chapters and is organised into three sections.
The first part is on the environmental requirements for creating and maintaining a major river system.
The second is a collection of case studies on 14 large rivers from different continents, covering a range of physical environments.
The third section includes chapters on the measurement and management of large rivers.

A pioneering study, pushing the boundaries of our knowledge related to big riversIncludes comprehensive case studies covering the major large rivers of the world including Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, Congo, Indus, and MekongWritten by a leading team of distinguished, international contributors
The book is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, sedimentary geology, and river management. It is also of relevance to engineers and environmental consultants in the private and public sectors working on major rivers of the world.

Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1: Introduction
PART I: BACKGROUND
2: Geology of Large River Systems
3: Hydrology and Discharge
4: Transcontinental Moving and Storage: the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers Transfer the Andes to the Atlantic*
5: Greatest Floods and Largest Rivers
6: Classification, Architecture, and Evolution of Large-river Deltas
7: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Large River Deposits: Recognition in the Ancient Record, and Distinction from 'Incised Valley Fills'
PART II: CASE STUDIES
8: Effects of Tectonism, Climate Change, and Sea-level Change on the Form and Behaviour of the Modern Amazon River and its Floodplain
9: The Mississippi River System
10: The Colorado River
11: The Lena River: Hydromorphodynamic Features in a Deep Permafrost Zone
12: The Danube: Morphology, Evolution and Environmental Issues
13: The Nile: Evolution, Quaternary River Environments and Material Fluxes
14: The Congo River, Central Africa
15: The Zambezi River
16: The Geographic, Geological and Oceanographic Setting of the Indus River
17: The Ganga River
18: Erosion and Weathering in the Brahmaputra River System
19: The Brahmaputra-Jamuna River, Bangladesh
20: The Mekong River: Morphology, Evolution, Management
21: Dynamic Hydrology and Geomorphology of the Yangtze River
PART III: MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT
22: The Nile River: Geology, Hydrology, Hydraulic Society
23: Patterns and Controls on Historical Channel Change in the Willamette River, Oregon, USA
24: Rivers and Humans - Unintended Consequences
25: Large Rivers from Space
26: Channel Geometry Analysis Technique for the Lower Mississippi River
27: The Management of Large Rivers: Technical and Political Challenges*
28: The Physical Diversity and Assessment of a Large River System: the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
29: Climatic and Anthropogenic Impacts on Water and Sediment Discharges from the Yangtze River (Changjiang), 1950-2005
30: Large River Systems and Climate Change
Index
Colour Plate

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