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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

July 25, 2020

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

Yukon River

August 7, 2014

Purus River

July 10, 2014

Rocha River

July 9, 2014

Río Grande

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Mamoré River

July 5, 2014

Madeira River

July 3, 2014

Euphrates

July 2, 2014

Shatt al-Arab

July 1, 2014

Volga River

June 30, 2014

Araguaia River

June 29, 2014

Tocantins River

June 27, 2014

Darling River

June 24, 2014

Murray River

June 22, 2014

Niger River

June 17, 2014

Finlay River

June 14, 2014

Peace River

June 5, 2014

Slave River

May 28, 2014

Mackenzie River

May 25, 2014

Mekong River

May 24, 2014

Lena River

May 20, 2014

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