A river ran through it: Floodplains as America's newest relict landform.
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SUBMITTER: Knox RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9232114 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
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A river ran through it: Floodplains as America's newest relict landform.
Knox Richard L RL Morrison Ryan R RR Wohl Ellen E EE
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Artificial levees are a major human modification of river corridors, but we still do not have a clear understanding of how artificial levees affect floodplain extent at regional and larger scales. We estimated changes in river-floodplain connectivity due to artificial levees in the contiguous United States (CONUS) using a combination of artificial levee databases, delineations of floodplain areas, and deletion of artificial levees from topography. Our results indicate that artificial levees do n ...[more]
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