Predicting River Floodplain and Lateral Channel Migration for Salmon Habitat Conservation1

• Published in: Journal of the American Water Resources Association Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 786 - 797
• Main Authors: Hall, Jason E., Holzer, Damon M., Beechie, Timothy J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Accuracy; Endangered & extinct species; Floodplains; fluvial processes; geomorphology; geospatial analysis; Insurance rates; lateral channel migration; Management; Methods; River basins; River networks; rivers/streams; Salmon; USA, Columbia R. basin

:  In this article, we describe a method for predicting floodplain locations and potential lateral channel migration across 82,900 km (491 km2 by bankfull area) of streams in the Columbia River basin. Predictions are based on channel confinement, channel slope, bankfull width, and bankfull depth der...