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Broad surfaces called terraces preserve ancient river floodplains and landscape history up to hundreds of meters above the Fortymile River, a tributary of the Yukon River, in eastern Alaska. Researchers from the USGS, the University of Vermont, Purdue University and Utah State University publish definitive support that increases in sediment deposited to oceans from river erosion coincide with dramatic changes in glacial cycles. Credit: USGS

Geoscientist Aids Study of Climatic Change Impacts on River Erosion

Mekong River

New understanding of Mekong River incision

By analyzing centuries-old growth rings from trees in the Intermountain West, researchers at USU are extracting data about monthly streamflow trends from periods long before the early 1900s when recorded observations began.

Between the lines: Tree rings hold clues about a river’s past

Riverbed armor

How Rivers Resist Erosion

Rivers on three worlds tell different tales

Amazon River no younger than 9 million years

Study shows how river channels adjust to large sediment supplies

Rock layers preserve record of ancient sea tides near Blythe, California

Mississippi River could leave farmland stranded

Fossils under your feet

Incredible View for Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico

Antarctica’s “Upside-Down Rivers”

Sudden shifts in the course of a river on a delta...

Chemical weathering controls erosion rates in rivers

World’s large river deltas continue to degrade from human activity

Cracking the problem of river growth

Eruptions impact on world’s rivers

Engineering a better future for the Mississippi Delta

Japurá River

How rivers creep, flow to shape landscapes over time

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