Evolution of River Channels and Floods: A Short- to Long-Term Perspective
Jean‐Paul Bravard
Abstract: The inundation of floodplains occurs when a river experiences overbank flows that consequently cause flooding the alluvial plain. Several questions are posed in this chapter: at what discharge rate do rivers experience flows, and they damage? Does remain constant across lifetime river, which spans over centuries, or does it vary? If so, why? Finally, adaptations have been made to since beginning industrial age responsible for unstable relationships exist between inundated their floodplains, irrespective protective works may built?
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