The influence of a vegetated bar on channel-bend flow dynamics

Bywater-Reyes, Sharon; Diehl, Rebecca M.; Wilcox, Andrew C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-487-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-487-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-487-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

Research article

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14 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 14 Jun 2018

The influence of a vegetated bar on channel-bend flow dynamics

Sharon Bywater-Reyes, Rebecca M. Diehl, and Andrew C. Wilcox

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-487-2018-supplement

Data sets

U-026-Riparian Vegetation Feedbacks Bitterroot Site 1 A. Wilcox https://doi.org/10.7283/R34M07

U-026-Riparian Vegetation Feedbacks Bitterroot Site 2 A. Wilcox https://doi.org/10.7283/R30W61

U-026-Riparian Vegetation Feedbacks Bitterroot Site 3 A. Wilcox https://doi.org/10.7283/R3W62P

Short summary

Channel bends and bars make up an important physical and ecological unit within rivers. Many riparian vegetation species need river bars for their life cycle, colonizing bars after flooding events. Once vegetation is established on bars, they can alter the flow and patterns of erosion and deposition. We used a hydraulic model to quantify the impact such riparian vegetation of various sizes and densities has on flow dynamics and inferred the expected changes in river erosion and deposition.