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- Title
Post-European settlement response gradients of river sensitivity and recovery across the upper Hunter catchment, Australia.
- Authors
Fryirs, Kirstie; Spink, Alexandra; Brierley, Gary
- Abstract
The article presents a study which examines the catchment-wide distribution of river sensitivity and adjustment to human disturbance in the upper Hunter catchment in New South Wales since the European settlement. It notes that researchers identified 10 River Styles which are grouped into three categories, such as confined, partly-confined, and laterally-unconfined valley-settings. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the river to change was assessed using the spatial distribution and timing of lateral, vertical, and wholesale river adjustments. Results show that the type and pattern of rivers cause a fragmented pattern of river adjustment in the catchment and less than 20% of river courses experienced metamorphosis. Tables and graphs that show the results are also provided.
- Subjects
HUNTER River Watershed (N.S.W.); NEW South Wales; WATERSHEDS; HUMAN settlements &; the environment; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY analysis; ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature; CHANGE; DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory)
- Publication
Earth Surface Processes & Landforms, 2009, Vol 34, Issue 7, p897
- ISSN
0197-9337
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/esp.1771