California Rivers and Streams The Conflict Between Fluvial Process and Land Use 1st Edition by Jeffrey F Mount, Janice Fong ISBN 9780520916937 052091693X

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ISBN 10: 052091693X
ISBN 13: 9780520916937
Author: Jeffrey F Mount, Janice Fong

California Rivers and Streams provides a clear and informative overview of the physical and biological processes that shape California’s rivers and watersheds. Jeffrey Mount introduces relevant basic principles of hydrology and geomorphology and applies them to an understanding of the differences in character of the state’s many rivers. He then builds on this foundation by evaluating the impact on waterways of different land use practices—logging, mining, agriculture, flood control, urbanization, and water supply development.

Water may be one of California’s most valuable resources, but it is far from being one we control. In spite of channels, levees, lines and dams, the state’s rivers still frequently flood, with devastating results. Almost all the rivers in California are dammed or diverted; with the booming population, there will be pressure for more intervention.

Mount argues that Californians know little about how their rivers work and, more importantly, how and why land-use practices impact rivers. The forceful reconfiguration and redistribution of the rivers has already brought the state to a critical crossroads. California Rivers and Streams forces us to reevaluate our use of the state’s rivers and offers a foundation for participating in the heated debates about their future.

California Rivers and Streams The Conflict Between Fluvial Process and Land Use 1st Edition Table of contents:

ONE Introduction to the Rivers of California The First 4 Billion Years

INTRODUCTION

HOW A RIVER WORKS

GRADE AND EQUILIBRIUM

A MODEL RIVER SYSTEM

SUMMARY

TWO Water in Motion

INTRODUCTION

UNSTEADY, NONUNIFORM FLOW

MOVING WATER: HOW FAST, HOW DEEP?

REYNOLDS NUMBER: TURBULENT VERSUS LAMINAR FLOW

FROUDE NUMBER: SUBCRITICAL VERSUS SUPERCRITICAL FLOW

BOUNDARY LAYERS AND FLOW SEPARATION: LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

SUMMARY

THREE A River at Work Sediment Entrainment, Transport, and Deposition

INTRODUCTION

STREAM POWER, COMPETENCE, AND CAPACITY

SUMMARY

FOUR The Shape of a River

INTRODUCTION

CHANNEL CROSS SECTIONS

CHANNEL PATTERN

CHANNEL PATTERNS IN DELTAS

SUMMARY

FIVE Origins of River Discharge

INTRODUCTION

MONITORING THE PULSE OF A RIVER: THE HYDROGRAPH

PRECIPITATION

BASE FLOW: WHY RIVERS RUN ALL YEAR

OVERLAND FLOW

SNOWMELT RUNOFF

SUMMARY

six Sediment Supply

INTRODUCTION

WEATHERING: THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF SEDIMENT

SOILS: THE SOURCE OF MOST RIVER SEDIMENT

HOW EROSION WORKS

CALCULATING SEDIMENT YIELD

MASS WASTING

SEDIMENT SUPPLIED BY CHANNEL EROSION

OVERALL SEDIMENT BUDGET

SUMMARY

SEVEN River Network and Profile

INTRODUCTION

WATERSHEDS IN PLAN VIEW: EVOLUTION OF DRAINAGE NETWORKS

DISCHARGE AND DRAINAGE NETWORK STRUCTURE

WATERSHEDS IN PROFILE

SUMMARY

EIGHT Climate and the Rivers of California

INTRODUCTION

CLIMATE IN THE LAND OF EXTREMES

EL NIÑO EVENTS, DROUGHTS, AND FLOODS

OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS

SUMMARY

NINE Tectonics and Geology of California’s Rivers

INTRODUCTION

PLATE TECTONICS: THE UNIFYING THEORY OF THE GEOLOGIC SCIENCES

PLATE BOUNDARIES

PLATE BOUNDARIES AND THE GEOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA’S WATERSHEDS

CALIFORNIA’S RIVERS IN CONTEXT

SUMMARY

TEN Rivers of California The Last 200 Years

INTRODUCTION

1800-1900: ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS AND THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD

1900-1950: “RECLAMATION” AND FLOOD CONTROL

1950-1970: BOOM TIME

1970-PRESENT: THE WAR OF THE SPECIAL INTERESTS

ELEVEN Mining and the Rivers of California

INTRODUCTION

HYDRAULIC MINING: 1853-1884

ABANDONED AND INACTIVE MINES

IN-STREAM SAND AND GRAVEL MINING

SUMMARY

TWELVE Logging California’s Watersheds

INTRODUCTION

TIMBER HARVEST TECHNIQUES

ON-SITE IMPACTS

CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF LOGGING ON RIVERS

SUMMARY

THIRTEEN Food Production and the Rivers of California

INTRODUCTION

THE GRAZING OF CALIFORNIA’S WATERSHEDS

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF

SUMMARY

FOURTEEN A Primer on Flood Frequency How Much and How Often?

INTRODUCTION

FEMA, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND THE 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN

FLOOD FREQUENCY: MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS

FLOOD RECURRENCE AND THE AMERICAN RIVER: A CASE EXAMPLE

SUMMARY

FIFTEEN The Urbanization of California’s Rivers

INTRODUCTION

URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF

THE URBAN HYDROGRAPH

FLOOD CONTROL THROUGH CHANNELIZATION OF RIVERS

IMPACTS OF CHANNELIZATION

WORKING WITH A RIVER

SUMMARY

SIXTEEN The Damming of California’s Rivers

INTRODUCTION

CONTROLLING THE VARIABLES WITH DAMS AND DIVERSIONS

GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO DAMS

IMPACTS OF DAMS ON FISHERIES AND WATER QUALITY

SUMMARY

SEVENTEEN The Future Changing Climate, Changing Rivers

INTRODUCTION

CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL COOLING, GLOBAL WARMING

THE RESPONSE OF CALIFORNIA’S RIVERS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

A FINAL NOTE

SUMMARY

CONVERSIONS AND EQUIVALENTS

INDEX

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