Urbanisation reshapes rivers more drastically than almost any other human activity! 🏘️ 🏰 🏭
In Mandarino et al.’s paper on #Genova's Bisagno & Polcevera Rivers, the authors reconstruct >100 years of #urbanisation impacts on river morphology.
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0309...
#FluvialFriday #UrbanGeom
The old town buildings of Luxembourg city line the escarpment above the river Alzette. The river is not in flood.
In Luxembourg. Looking out for a middle aged woman with buck teeth. #fluvialFriday
View from a plane of meander valley entrenched in bedrock. Mostly agricultural fields on either side of the river, but some forest near the valley. The town of Elkader is visible near the top of the photo.
And moving into more humid landscapes, here is the beautiful meandering valley of the Turkey River, downstream from Elkader, Iowa. September, 2024. #fluvialFriday. Bonus points if you know who Elkader is named for.
Looking down from a plane on a river flowing in a canyon with large meanders. Bare bedrock landscape on with side, except for some irrigated fields at the top edge of the photo. River water is brown colored with sediment.
How about #fluvialFriday? Green River, in Utah downstream from where the San Rafael River joins it. Some aeolian sand in the lower left. Always interested in those alcoves along the canyon wall. From my plane window this past September.
Absolute gigachad channels we saw on a trip to Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 earlier this year! #FluvialFriday anyone?
