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mass of large wood downstream in a highly erosive pulse. More than a century after
splash-damming ceased, splash-dammed channels in the western United States
remain larger and simpler because of this erosion (Sedell et al. 1991; Young et al.
1994; Miller 2010). Channel boundaries were also directly modified to facilitate
Fig. 3.8 The Vindel River in northern Sweden was extensively historically modified for log floating. (a) 2008 aerial photograph in which linear structures remain from log floating. Yellow arrow
indicates flow direction. (b) Ground photos before (top) and after (lower row) river restoration in
2004 along another portion of the Vindel. Upper row of ground-level photographs courtesy of
Christer Nilsson. (Aerial view of the Vindel River near Mardsele courtesy of Google Earth)
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mass of large wood downstream in a highly erosive pulse. More than a century after
splash-damming ceased, splash-dammed channels in the western United States
remain larger and simpler because of this erosion (Sedell et al. 1991; Young et al.
1994; Miller 2010). Channel boundaries were also directly modified to facilitate
Fig. 3.8 The Vindel River in northern Sweden was extensively historically modified for log floating. (a) 2008 aerial photograph in which linear structures remain from log floating. Yellow arrow
indicates flow direction. (b) Ground photos before (top) and after (lower row) river restoration in
2004 along another portion of the Vindel. Upper row of ground-level photographs courtesy of
Christer Nilsson. (Aerial view of the Vindel River near Mardsele courtesy of Google Earth)
3 Human Alterations of Rivers