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Fluvial Styles and Facies Models
Fig. 8.27. Examples of a coarse-grained meandering
stream. Upper South Platte River, near Denver, Colorado.
US Soil Conservation Service photograph (Crowley 1983).
The present style of this river, as with many rivers in
Europe and North America, has radically changed from its
natural state as a result of flood control works, artificial
channel diversions, and the extraction of water for agricultural and other needs