Sediment Transfer through the Fluvial System (Proceedings of a symposium held in Moscow, August 2004). IAHS Publ. 288, 2004, 205–211


Morphological expressions of river sediment transport and their role in channel processes

Roman S. Chalov

The Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Fluvial Processes, Moscow State University, GSP-2, Vorob’evy Gory,
Moscow 119992, Russia

river@river.geogr.msu.su

Abstract Relationships between erosion, sediment transport and deposition processes in river channels under different conditions of sediment yield formation and variable contribution of suspended (basin-derived) and bed (channel-originated) sediment are discussed. The role of the latter in total sediment yield and as a factor of morphological channel type differentiation is shown.

Key words channel deformations; channel processes; morphological type; runoff; sediment transport