Pocket Guide; Wheaton et al. (2019) DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28222.13123/1

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A Common Impact

We added one more to the legend: inactive floodplainAreas that could plausibly flood, but are not currently and are not supporting riparian vegetation. 2

From: Wheaton et al. (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.010

• A structural element is a discrete object that directly influences hydraulics and produces 1) Flow Separation Point; 2) Flow Seam; 3) Reattachment Zone; 4) Shear Zone

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Tier 2 – Shape & Form

e.g., bars e.g., riffles e.g., banks/ avalanche facesEdges

e.g., plane bed, run, glide,

rapid

e.g., chute,shallow

thalwegs

e.g., pools

Mound Saddle Wall Plane Trough Bowl

XS Convex Concave NA Planar Concave Concave

LP Convex Convex NA Planar Planar Concave

From: https://riverscapes.github.io/pyGUT/Wheaton et al. (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.010Williams et al. (2020) DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136817

Shape:

Form:Shape in streamwise (longitudinal) & cross-sectional (lateral) directions

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Wheaton et al. (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.010Key Attribute Definitions

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Conv

exiti

es -

Bar

s

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Conc

aviti

es (P

ools

) & P

lana

r

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Thalweg Types8