River channel migration is the geomorphological process that involves the lateral migration of an alluvial river channel across its floodplain. This process is mainly driven by the combination of bank erosion of and point bar deposition over time. When referring to river channel migration, it is typically in reference to meandering streams. In braided streams, channel change is driven by sediment transport.[1]
It has been proposed that lateral migration is a particularly dominant erosive process in savanna landscapes.[2]
- ^ Bierman, Paul R., and David R. Montgomery. Key Concepts in Geomorphology. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2014. Print.
- ^ Cotton, C.A. (1961). "The Theory of Savanna Planation". Geography. 46 (2): 89–101. JSTOR 40565228.
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