Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5065
Figure 21. Examples of bar evolution to flood-plain and developed areas between 1939 and 2005, Chetco River, Oregon. (A) Gravel bar near flood-plain kilometer (FPkm) 3 (Estuary Reach) evolving to developed area. (B) Dynamic bars between flood-plain kilometers 7 and 9 (North Fork and Mill Creek reaches). (C) Example of vegetation colonization on upper bar surface near flood-plain kilometer 9 (Mill Creek Reach). |
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