Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345451

Funded Activity Summary

Stream power and river morphology in partly-confined valleys of coastal New South Wales, Australia. Rivers in the escarpment-dominated catchments of coastal NSW are characterised by confined and partly-confined valley-settings in which channels have little capacity to adjust. The key aim of this project is to determine controls on the distribution of floodplains in this landscape. Particular attention will be placed on the role played by stream power in determining the relationship between valley incision and lateral expansion processes along river courses. Understanding controls on these rivers is critical in determining how they modify their form in response to various disturbance events (whether 'natural' of human-induced). Results will provide a rigorous basis with which to explain cross-catchment variability in river forms and processes, aiding our capacity to predict future adjustments to disturbance and develop river management strategies that 'work with nature'.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-10-2003

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $263,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Geography | Geomorphology | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Land and water management | Other |

Other Keywords

Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Geomorphology | Land and water management | Other | Physical Geography | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

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